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Collected in this volume are the 1889--1905 letters of one of the first African-American literary artists to cross the "color line" into the de facto segregated American publishing industry of the turn of the century. Selected for inclusion are those chronicling the rise of Charles W. Chesnutt (1858-1932), an attorney and businessman in Cleveland, Ohio, who achieved prominence as a novelist, short story writer, essayist, and lecturer despite the obstacles faced by a man of color during the "Jim Crow" period. In his insightful commentaries on his own situation, Chesnutt provides as well a special perspective on life-at-large in America during the Gilded Age, the "gay `90s" (which were not so gay for African Americans), and the Progressive era. Like his black correspondents--Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. Du Bois, T. Thomas Fortune, and William M. Trotter--he was one of the major commentators on what was then termed the "Negro Problem." His most distinguished novels, The House Behind the Cedars (1900) and The Marrow of Tradition (1901), were published by major "white" presses of the time; not only did his editors and publishers but then-preeminent black and white critics greet these literary protests against racism as proof of the intellectual and artistic excellence of which a long-oppressed people were capable when afforded equal opportunity.Since the 1960s, when the rediscovery of his genius began in earnest, Chesnutt has received even more recognition than he enjoyed by the early 1900s. Joseph R. McElrath, Jr., and Robert C. Leitz, III, have surveyed every collection of Chesnutt's papers and those of his correspondents in order to reconstruct the story of his most vital years as an author. Their introduction contextualizes the letters in light of Chesnutt biography and the less-than-promising prospects faced by a would-be literary artist of his racial background. Their encyclopedic annotations explaining contemporary events to which Chesnutt responds and what was then transpiring in both black and white cultural environments illuminate not only Chesnutt's character but those of many now unfamiliar figures who also contributed to what Chesnutt termed the "cause." Provided in this first-ever edition of Chesnutt's letters is a detailed portrait of one of the pioneers in the African-American literary tradition and a panorama of American life a century ago.Originally published in 1997.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

African Americans --- African American novelists --- Novelists, American --- Afro-American novelists --- Novelists, African American --- Social conditions. --- Chesnutt, Charles W.

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A few days before his death in 1996, Larry Levis mentioned to his friend and former instructor Philip Levine that he had ""an all-but-completed manuscript"" of poems. Levine had years earlier recognized Levis as ""the most gifted and determined young poet I have ever had the good fortune to have in one of my classes""; after Levis's death, Levine edited the poems Levis had left behind. What emerged is this haunting collection, Elegy.The poems were written in the six years following publication of his previous book, The Widening Spell of the Leaves, and continue and extend the jazz improvisatio

American poetry --- Black Mountain school (Group of poets) --- Poetry (Poetic Works By One Author) --- Poetry

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Paratexts are those liminal devices and conventions, both within and outside the book, that form part of the complex mediation between book, author, publisher and reader: titles, forewords, epigraphs and publishers' jacket copy are part of a book's private and public history. In this first English translation of Paratexts, Gérard Genette shows how the special pragmatic status of paratextual declaration requires a carefully calibrated analysis of their illocutionary force. With clarity, precision and an extraordinary range of reference, Paratexts constitutes an encyclopedic survey of the customs and institutions as revealed in the borderlands of the text. Genette presents a global view of these liminal mediations and the logic of their relation to the reading public by studying each element as a literary function. Richard Macksey's foreword describes how the poetics of paratexts interact with more general questions of literature as a cultural institution, and situates Gennet's work in contemporary literary theory.

82.07 --- Literature publishing --- -Discourse analysis, Literary --- Authors and publishers --- Transmission of texts --- Criticism, Textual --- Literary form --- Books --- -Form, Literary --- Forms, Literary --- Forms of literature --- Genre (Literature) --- Genre, Literary --- Genres, Literary --- Genres of literature --- Literary forms --- Literary genetics --- Literary genres --- Literary types (Genres) --- Textual criticism --- Literary transmission --- Manuscript transmission --- Textual transmission --- Author and publisher --- Publishers and authors --- Publishing contracts --- Literary publishing --- Literature --- Literary discourse analysis --- 82.07 Literatuur: verklaring van teksten --- Literatuur: verklaring van teksten --- History --- Format --- Law and legislation --- Publishing --- Authors and publishers. --- Criticism, Textual. --- Discourse analysis, Literary. --- Literary form. --- Transmission of texts. --- Auteurs en uitgevers. --- Boeken --- Letterkunde --- Lezen van boeken. --- Format. --- History. --- design. --- formaat. --- titels. --- discoursanalyse. --- discourse analysis. --- publiceren --- geschiedenis. --- receptie. --- Discourse analysis, Literary --- Form, Literary --- Editing --- Editions --- Manuscripts --- Authorship --- Contracts --- Book proposals --- Copyright --- Literary agents --- Rhetoric --- Literary style --- Publishers and publishing --- Format of books --- Book history --- Sociology of literature --- Epic poetry, Greek Criticism, Textual --- Arts and Humanities --- Books - Format --- Literature publishing - History --- Paratext.

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This series of interlinked essays takes the form of historical 'voyages' around the Victorian intellectual John Henry Newman, and Newman's classic work The Idea of a University, as well as changes in the structure and culture of universities which occurred in Newman's lifetime. The voyages connect nineteenth- and twentieth-century university history, mainly in Britain and the United States but with side excursions to continental Europe. Among the many important topics discussed are the history of student communities in Oxford and Cambridge, the growth of a modern examinations culture, university architecture and the use of space in connection with educational ideals, urbanism and universities, and the competition of states, markets and academic guilds for the control of universities and the right to define the missions of university professors.

Education, Higher --- College students --- Higher education --- Postsecondary education --- Universities and colleges --- History. --- Aims and objectives --- Education --- Newman, John Henry, --- Newman, John Henry --- 378.4 --- History --- Universiteiten --- 378.4 Universiteiten --- Enseignement supérieur --- Finalités --- Histoire --- Influence. --- Influence --- Catholicus, --- Newman, --- Author of Loss and gain, --- Newman, J. H. (John Henry), --- Arts and Humanities --- Education & Careers

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Provides information on Maugham's life and career. Discusses important biographical and literary events in the author's life.

Maugham, William Somerset --- Authors [English ] --- 20th century --- Biography --- Maugham, W. Somerset - (William Somerset), - 1874-1965. --- Authors, English --- Maugham, W. Somerset --- Mao-mu --- Maugham, S. --- Moėm, S. --- Maugham, Somerset --- Moėm, Somerset --- Mākam, Cāmarseṭ --- Mākam, Villiyam Cāmarseṭ --- Mām, Cāmarseṭ --- Моэм, Сомерсет --- Моэм, С. --- מאָם, וויליאם סאָמערסעט, --- מוהם, וו. סומרסט, --- מוהם, ויליאם סומרסט, --- מוהם, סומרסט, --- موم، و. سومرست --- Mavā̄m, Sāmirsit --- Muvā̄m, Sāmirsit --- موام، سامرست --- モーム, ウィリアム サマセット