Conjure Tales And Stories of the Color Line

Charles W. Chesnutt, William L. Andrews

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English

Penguin Classics
01 June 2000

Literary studies: general; Black & Asian studies

Unlike the popular ""Uncle Remus"" stories of Joel Chandler Harris, Charles W. Chesnutt's tales probe psychological depths in black people unheard of before in Southern regional writing. They also expose the anguish of mixed-race men and women and the consequences of racial hatred, mob violence, and moral compromise. This important collection contains all the stories in his two published volumes, The Conjure Woman and The Wife of His Youth, along with two uncollected works- the tragic ""Dave's Neckliss"" and ""Baxter's Procustes"", Chesnutt's parting shot at prejudice.

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust theseries to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-datetranslations by award-winning translators.

By: Charles W. Chesnutt
Introduction by: William L. Andrews
Imprint: Penguin Classics
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 17mm
Weight: 238g
ISBN: 9780141185026
ISBN 10: 0141185023
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 01 June 2000
Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , ELT Advanced , A / AS level
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

The goophered grapevine -- Po' Sandy -- Mars Jeem's nightmare -- The conjurer's revenge -- Sis' Becky's pickanniny -- The gray wolf's ha'nt -- Hog-foot Hannibal -- Dave's neckliss -- The wife of his youth -- Her Virginia mammy -- The sheriff's children -- A matter of principle -- Cicely's dream -- The passing of grandison -- Uncle Wellington's wives -- The bouquet -- The web of circumstance -- Baxter's procrustes.

William L. Andrews is E. Maynard Adams Professor of English at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is the author of To Tell a Free Story and editor or coeditor of more than thirty books on African American literature.