Pauline E. Hopkins: A Literary Biography

Contents

Contents List of Illustrations vii Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1 Restlessness of the Spirit (1859–1900) Background and Beginnings 19 Performances and Peculiar Sam 30 Negotiations in Race and Gender (1900–1905) The Colored American Magazine 49 The Use of Pseudonyms 60 Booker T. Washington and Famous Men 70 The Black Woman’s Era 97 The Voices of the Dark Races 111 Negotiations in Literature (1900–1905) The Values of Race Literature 135 Contending Forces of the Slave Past 155 Hagar’s Beautiful Daughters 170 Winona, Manhood, and Heroism 189 Of One Blood and the Future African American 207 vi Contents Folk Characters and Dialect Writing 224 Short Stories in the Colored American Magazine 240 Voices and Silences (1905–1930) On the Platform with Prominent Speakers 265 The New Era Magazine 270 The Late Years 277 Appendix A Primer of Facts, by Pauline E. Hopkins 293 Notes 315 Bibliography 335 Index 357 ...