Charles chesnutt
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Charles Chesnutt was an influential African American author born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1858. He became a legal stenographer in 1884 and had a court reporting business while also writing short stories. Though his novels were not published until after his death in 1932, he is seen as inaugurating the African American literary tradition with his short stories. Many of his works used themes of magic, racism, hope, and marriage while also addressing issues of slavery, the plantation system, and passing as white.
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Charles chesnutt
- 2. • Cleveland, Ohio: June 20, 1858 to November 15, 1932. • 1884 became legal stenographer • Court-reporting business & short stories • Legacy begins(1887 Goop, 1899 conjure, etc)
- 3. • Novels not printed until half a century after death • “Charles Chesnutt was the most influential and widely respected African American fiction writer in the United States”. • “Historians of African American writing today recognize Charles Chesnutt for almost singlehandedly inaugurating a truly African American literary tradition in the short story”.
- 4. • The move and plantation • Uncle Julius, magic, death • Henrys “condition”, sale and by-back • Vanished vineyard & Henry
- 5. • Charity, Dick, & their “love” • Not Tom, but Grandison to the North • Kidnapping, marriage • steamboat
- 6. • Blue Veins Society & Mr. Ryder • Ryder to propose to molly, Liza in search of Sam • Refusing to give up • Liza and Ryder
- 7. • Racism • Hope • Greed • Marriage