The House Behind the Cedars |
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Author:
| Chesnutt, Charles Waddell |
Series title: | X Press Black Classics Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-1-874509-26-4 |
Publication Date: | Jan 1900 |
Publisher: | X Press, The
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $10.95 |
Book Description:
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Two light-skinned siblings ""pass"" for white in,this novel set in America's deep South. First,published in 1900 when white America was incensed,by the threat posed to ""Anglo-Saxon civilisation,by racial intermixing, it spins a story which,shows what happens when a brother and sister,""tainted"" by race decide to cross the colour-line,to claim a share of the great American dream. It,stands as one of the most important analyses of,miscegenation in American fiction.
Two light-skinned siblings ""pass"" for white in,this novel set in America's deep South. First,published in 1900 when white America was incensed,by the threat posed to ""Anglo-Saxon civilisation,by racial intermixing, it spins a story which,shows what happens when a brother and sister,""tainted"" by race decide to cross the colour-line,to claim a share of the great American dream. It,stands as one of the most important analyses of,miscegenation in American fiction.