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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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This volume contains a general introduction, English translation of and philological-historical commentary on an anonymous 7th- century A.D. hagiographical text entitled: An Account of the Miracles of the Holy and Glorious Megalomartyr and Wonder-worker Artemios. Also included is a photographic reproduction of the Greek text edited by A. Papadopoulos-Kerameus originally published by the Russian Academy as well as a supplementary essay by John Haldon. The general introduction discusses the historical persona of St. Artemios whose healing activities are predominantly centered on the Church of St. John Prodromos in Constantinople and who "specializes" in healing hernias and diseases affecting the genitals of mostly male patients. This book will interest students of Greek (especially Byzantine) philology, history, hagiography and medicine. As it contains a translation of the original Byzantine Greek text, it should also appeal to those seeking to improve their knowledge of Byzantine Greek.
Miracles --- Christian martyrs --- Christian saints --- Spiritual healing --- Martyrs chrétiens --- Saints chrétiens --- Guérison par la foi --- History of doctrines --- Sources. --- Biography. --- History. --- Histoire des doctrines --- Sources --- Biographie --- Histoire --- Artemios, --- Byzantine Empire --- Egypt --- Empire byzantin --- Egypte --- Church history. --- Histoire religieuse --- 235.3*23 --- -Christian martyrs --- -Christian saints --- -Miracles --- -God --- Marvelous, The --- Miracle workers --- Supernatural --- Saints --- Canonization --- Martyrs --- Martyrdom --- Divine healing --- Faith-cure --- Faith healing --- Spiritual therapies --- Healing --- Hagiografie: miracula --- History --- Biography --- -Christianity --- Religious aspects --- Artemios Saint --- -Egypt --- Church history --- -Hagiografie: miracula --- -Artemios Saint --- 235.3*23 Hagiografie: miracula --- -235.3*23 Hagiografie: miracula --- God --- -Religious aspects --- Christianity --- Martyrs chrétiens --- Saints chrétiens --- Guérison par la foi --- Christian martyrs. --- Christian saints. --- Hernia --- Legende. --- Mental Healing --- Miracles. --- Quelle. --- Spiritual healing. --- Testicular Diseases --- Wonderen. --- Wunder. --- Wunderheilung. --- Therapy. --- Biographies --- Artèmius, --- Diēgēsis tōn thaumatōn tu hagiu kai endoxu megalomartyros kai thaumaturgu Artemiu. --- 600-1500. --- Byzantine Empire. --- Egypt. --- Égypte --- History of doctrines&delete& --- Artemius, --- Middle Ages, 600-1500 --- Artemios, - Saint, - d. 363. --- Christian saints - Egypt - Biography. --- Spiritual healing - Byzantine Empire - History. --- Middle Ages, 500-1500 --- Artemius --- Miracles - History of doctrines - Middle Ages, 600-1500 - Sources. --- Christian martyrs - Egypt - Biography.
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Aristophanes [Comicus] --- Greek drama (Comedy) --- Theater --- History and criticism. --- History. --- Aristophanes --- Aristofan --- Arystofanes --- Aristophane --- Aristofane --- Arisutopanesu --- Arisutofanesu --- Aristófanes --- Aristophanes Comicus --- אריסטופאנוס --- אריסטופאנס --- אריסטופאנס. כספי זיוה --- אריסטופניס --- אריסטופנס --- Ἀριστοφάνης --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Comédie grecque --- Théâtre --- Greek drama (Comedy). --- Theater. --- History --- Histoire et critique. --- Histoire --- Greece.
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