{"product_id":"the-journals-of-charles-w-chesnutt-paperback","title":"The Journals of Charles W. Chesnutt - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCharles W. Chesnutt\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRichard H. Brodhead\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn on the eve of the Civil War, Charles W. Chesnutt grew up in Fayetteville, North Carolina, a county seat of four or five thousand people, a once-bustling commercial center slipping into postwar decline. Poor, black, and determined to outstrip his modest beginnings and forlorn surroundings, Chesnutt kept a detailed record of his thoughts, observations, and activities from his sixteenth through his twenty-fourth year (1874-1882). These journals, printed here for the first time, are remarkable for their intimate account of a gifted young black man's dawning sense of himself as a writer in the nineteenth century. \u003cbr\u003eThough he achieved literary success in his time, Chesnutt has only recently been rediscovered and his contribution to American literature given its due. The only known private diary from a nineteenth-century African American author, these pages offer a fascinating glimpse into Chesnutt's everyday experience as he struggled to win the goods of education in the world of the post-Civil War South. An extraordinary portrait of the self-made man beset by the urgencies and difficulties of self-improvement in a racially discriminatory society, Chesnutt's journals unfold a richly detailed local history of postwar North Carolina. They also show with great force how the world of the postwar South obstructed--and, unexpectedly, assisted--a black man of driving intellectual ambitions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eI can think of no more astute commentator on American life in the rural South in the years after the Civil War than Charles W. Chesnutt. Chesnutt's journals recreate the debilitating racism he encountered as a young man and also reveal the strength, courage, and integrity through which he became one of America's most important writers.--Cathy N. Davidson\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCharles W. Chesnutt (1858-1932) is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Wife of His Youth and Other Stories\u003c\/i\u003e (1899), \u003ci\u003eThe House Behind the Cedars \u003c\/i\u003e(1900), \u003ci\u003eThe Marrow of Tradition\u003c\/i\u003e (1901), and \u003ci\u003eColonel's Dream\u003c\/i\u003e (1905). \u003ci\u003eThe Conjure Woman and Other Conjure Tales\u003c\/i\u003e, a collection of Charles W. Chesnutt's short stories, is also published by Duke University Press. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRichard H. Brodhead, Professor of English at Yale University, is the author of numerous books about nineteenth-century American literature.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 200\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.64 x 9.24 x 6.02 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 19, 1993\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47468549013757,"sku":"9780822314240","price":57.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/YTE2SnZoMWRaQUxyR0ZQamozQzdJQT09.webp?v=1777290426","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/the-journals-of-charles-w-chesnutt-paperback","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}