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CONTENTS Preface vii 1. Chesnutt's Language / Language's Chesnutt 1 2. Chesnutt in His Journals: "Nigger" under Erasure 23 3. "The Future American"and "Chas. Chesnutt" 43 4. Black Vernacular in Chesnutt's Short Fiction: "A New School of Literature" 57 5. The Julius and John Stories: "The Luscious Scuppernong" 76 6. Race in Chesnutt's Short Fiction: The "Line" and the "Web" 100 7. Mandy Oxendine: "Is You aRale Black Man?" 122 8. The House behind the Cedars: "Creatures of Our Creation" 133 9. TheMarrow of Tradition: "The Very Breath of His Nostrils" 147 IQ. The Colonel's Dream: "Sho Would 'a' Be'n a 'Ristocrat" 166 n. PaulMarchand, F.M.C.: "F.M.C." and "C.W.C." 183 12. TheQuarry: "And Not the Hawk" 208 Notes 229 Bibliography 247 Index 255 This page intentionally left blank ...