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AUTHOR FEATURED AT FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARIES
LECTURE
Editors:
A photo of Dean McWilliams is available at: www.ohiou.edu/news/pix/McWILLIAMS
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ATHENS,
Ohio -- Ohio University Professor of English Dean McWilliams
will speak on "Uncovering the Late Charles Chesnutt" at 7:30
p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 2, in the Friends of the Libraries Room
(Alden 319).
Charles W.
Chesnutt of Cleveland was the first African American writer
of fiction to be published and receive approval from the
American literary establishment, according to McWilliams.
His first book, "The Conjure Woman," was published in 1899
and was widely read and discussed at the beginning of the
century.
He also
wrote two previously unpublished novels in the 1920s, "Paul
Marchand, F.M.C" and "The Quarry," published in 1999 by
Princeton University Press.
The
manuscript for "The Quarry" is housed in Alden Library's
Archives & Special Collections department. McWilliams
will describe his discovery and editing of Chesnutt's
unpublished novels and discuss their importance in
understanding Chesnutt's career and his place in literary
history. Copies of the books will be available for sale at
the lecture. The program is open to the public.
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