{"product_id":"charles-chesnutt-reappraised","title":"Charles Chesnutt Reappraised","description":"\u003cp\u003e   One of the best known and most widely read of early African American writers, Charles W. Chesnutt published more than fifty short stories, six novels, two plays, a biography of Frederick Douglass, and countless essays, poems, letters, journals, and speeches. Though he had light skin and was of mixed race, Chesnutt self-identified as a black man, and his writing was often boldly political, openly addressing problems of racial identity and injustice in the late 19th century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e   This collection of critical essays reevaluates the Chesnutt legacy, introducing new scholarship reflective of the many facets of his fiction, especially his sophisticated narrative strategies.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Co Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54231825514840,"sku":"9780786441112","price":36.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780786441112_ecd91f42-8a66-4f44-b476-b66d33983c9b.jpg?v=1764495915","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/charles-chesnutt-reappraised","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}