The Conjure Woman

Name: The Conjure Woman
Author: Charles W. Chesnutt
ISBN: 9781787365582

Author: Charles W. Chesnutt
Series: African Library
Language: English
Length: 146 pages
ISBN: 9781787365582
Published: 20 January 2023
Imprint: Sovereign

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The novella, The Conjure Woman, penned by Charles W. Chesnutt, is a groundbreaking work of African-American literature that explores the intersections between folklore and race within a post-Reconstruction Southern context. Through its utilization of both vernacular dialect and literary convention, the text makes evident the culturally situated nature of storytelling within an oppressive racial paradigm.

Author

Charles W. Chesnutt was a pioneering African-American writer of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, who made significant contributions to American literature through his work in both fiction and non-fiction. He is known for exploring themes of racial identity and issues related to race relations in the United States.

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