{"product_id":"9781538189740","title":"Charles Chesnutt Crossing the Color Line","description":"\u003ch3\u003eLibrary of African American Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eCharles Chesnutt\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eCrossing the Color Line\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003ePaula Gallant Eckard | John David Smith\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography \/ Cultural, Ethnic \u0026amp; Regional \/ African American \u0026amp; Black\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eCharles Waddell Chesnutt was an African American educator, businessman, lawyer, author, social reformer, and activist. He was one of the first African American writers to cross the color line into the Anglo American publishing world. A pioneering author of African American fiction, Chesnutt is perhaps best known for his exploration of sensitive issues of race, including slavery, prejudice, racism, and racial violence, in his short stories and novels. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book explores Chesnutt's remarkable life and legacy, including his contributions as an author, activist, and social commentator. The author examines the ways he chronicled, challenged, and crossed the color line, beginning in his early life. She illuminates the people, places, events, and ideas that shaped his complex view of race and society and shows how themes such as education, opportunity, and fairness informed his efforts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTo tell his remarkable story, Eckard draws on Chesnutt's journals, letters, essays, speeches, as well as his short fiction and novels. Lastly, \u003ci\u003eCharles Chesnutt: Crossing the Color Line \u003c\/i\u003estrives to interpret his work in light of today's events and the continued struggle for racial and social justice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ePaula Gallant Eckard\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of English and director of American Studies at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte. A noted expert on the Southern literary tradition, she is the author of \u003ci\u003eMaternal Body and Voice in Toni Morrison, Bobbie Ann Mason, and Lee Smith \u003c\/i\u003e(University of Missouri Press, 2002) and \u003ci\u003eThomas Wolfe and Lost Children in Southern Literature \u003c\/i\u003e(University of Tennessee Press, 2016).\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e02 March 2028\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781538189740\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e320\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e17.76\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51945057681548,"sku":"9781538189740","price":31.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781538189740","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}