The Marrow of Tradition (The Norton Library)
English
By (author): Charles W. Chesnutt
Part of the Norton Library series
The Norton Library edition of The Marrow of Tradition features the original 1901 text of the work. A sweeping introduction by Autumn Womack highlights the works historical contexts, literary achievements, and groundbreaking critique of white supremacy.
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About the Editor: Autumn Womack is Assistant Professor in the departments of African American Studies and English at Princeton University, where she specializes in late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century African American literary culture. She is the author of The Matter of Black Living: The Aesthetic Experiment of Racial Data, 18801930 (2022).
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