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The Conjure Woman: Stories of Folklore and Memory from the American South
Paperback
Classic FictionGeneral Fiction
ISBN13: 9781617206771
Publisher: SMK Books
Published: Feb 10 2012
Pages: 82
Weight: 0.29
Height: 0.20 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
A collection of interconnected stories examining folklore, memory, and social conditions in the postbellum American South. In The Conjure Woman, Charles Waddell Chesnutt presents a series of tales framed through storytelling encounters, in which accounts of conjure and transformation intersect with the realities of plantation life and its aftermath.
The narratives unfold through a layered structure, combining regional voice with controlled literary form. Chesnutt's method allows the surface elements of folklore to operate alongside a sustained exploration of history, labour, and social perception. The framing device provides continuity across the collection while permitting variation in tone and subject.
Positioned within American literature, the work is associated with regional fiction and early African American literary tradition. It remains a significant example of late nineteenth-century storytelling that engages both folklore and social experience.
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