The Colonel's Dream
Written in 1905, The Colonel's Dream is a compelling, bitter tale of the post-Civil War South's degeneration into a regions awash with virulent racist practices against African Americans: segregation, lynchings, disenfranchisement, convect-labor exploitation, and endemic violent repression. The events in this novel are powerfully depicted from the point of view of a philanthropic but unreliable southern white colonel. Upon his return to the South, the colonel quickly learns to abhor this world and a tale of vicious racism unfolds. Through this narrative, Chestnutt confronts the deteriorating position of African Americans in an increasingly ra…
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Weitere Autoren: Ellis, R. J. (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-1-935978-91-6
- EAN: 9781935978916
- Produktnummer: 16356955
- Verlag: West Virginia University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
- Seitenangabe: 384 S.
- Masse: H21.6 cm x B14.0 cm x D2.2 cm 511 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 511
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