The Conjure Woman (Ann Arbor Paperbacks) |
| Author: Charles W. Chesnutt
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 652843
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 256
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 8 x 5.4 x 0.6
ISBN: 0472061569
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.4
EAN: 9780472061563
ASIN: 0472061569
Publication Date: August 15, 1969
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Product Description
First published in 1899, these folk tales within a tale provide commentary on the social attitudes of the period
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Includes Uncollected Uncle Julius Stories.
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A wonderful story and an important work of literature April 20, 2000
18 out of 18 found this review helpful
Charles Chestnutt's A Conjure Woman is a collection of short stories told by a former slave named Julius to a White couple who have recently moved to the South. Written at the turn of the century, Chestnutt was addressing a primarily White audience who were recovering from Reconstruction and were fond of plantation-style literature which looked upon slavery with nostalgia. On the surface, the author seems to be catering to the nostalgic pre-Civil War idea, but in actuality, Julius' stories have a much deeper moral which reveal a harsh and terrible way of life for Blacks of the time. Mixed with elements of magic and conjuring, Julius' seems to be telling fanciful fairy tales, but with a closer look, one realizes that Chestnutt has no fondness or nostalgia for the times of slavery. This is a well-written and thought-provoking book and it is an important novel of America's history.
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