Simmons, Ryan. Chesnutt and Realism: A Study of the Novels.(Book review)

Studies in American Fiction;  September 22, 2006 ;     700+ words ......previously unpublished novels by Charles Chesnutt provides fertile ground...holistic examinations of Chesnutt's novels in terms of thematic...Realism: A Study of the Novels signals this new era in Chesnutt scholarship; it traces...

News and Views: The Literary Canonization of Charles Chesnutt

The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education;  October 31, 2002 ;     634 words ......most postwar literature. Chesnutt's works focused the readers of his short stories and novels on the harsh realities of...proceed with the collection of Chesnutt's writing. This past February, a 990-page edition of Chesnutt's collected works -- Charles Chesnutt: Stories, Novels, and ...

Whiteness in the Novels of Charles W. Chesnutt

The Journal of Southern History;  November 1, 2007 ;     292 words ...Whiteness in the Novels of Charles W. Chesnutt. By Matthew Wilson. (Jackson...Readers of Whiteness in the Novels of Charles W. Chesnutt will find little justification...permeable category," and Chesnutt's novels exploited this permeability...

Professor examines race in African American's novels

Sunday News Lancaster, PA;  January 9, 2005 ;     291 words ......this in "Whiteness in the Novels of Charles W. Chesnutt," his study of the works...writings, focused on the three novels published in Chesnutt's lifetime ("The House Behind...concentrates exclusively on Chesnutt's novels in his 256-page hardcover...

Charles W. Chesnutt and the Fictions of Race.(Book Review)

The Mississippi Quarterly;  December 22, 2002 ;     700+ words ......his best and at his worst, Chesnutt as he is writing the word...his insight. Both reflect Chesnutt's vexed relationship to...oeuvre, including the three novels left unpublished after his...entirely new standard for Chesnutt criticism. Shifting his...inner tensions that suffuse Chesnutt's ...

Whiteness in the Novels of Charles W. Chesnutt.(Book Notes)(Book review)

Journal of Southern History;  November 1, 2007 ;     573 words ...Whiteness in the Novels of Charles W. Chesnutt. By Matthew Wilson. (Jackson...Readers of Whiteness in the Novels of Charles W. Chesnutt will find little justification...a permeable category, and Chesnutt's novels exploited this permeability...

Vic Chesnutt on the verge Part folkie, part rocker, the cult hero readies...

The Boston Globe;  March 14, 1997 ;     700+ words ...Vic Chesnutt's a bit of a folkie, a bit of a poet...Southern rock or anything like that." Chesnutt's career has been nurtured organically...builds. Famous rockers are taking note of Chesnutt's intimate work. A more rocking 1993...

Vic Chesnutt, A Tough One To Crack

The Washington Post;  January 15, 1997 ;     700+ words ......Columbia), featuring the songs of Vic Chesnutt performed by the likes of Smashing Pumpkins...Madonna. The tribute album has given Chesnutt new visibility, and its release has roughly...major-label debut. Though not well known, Chesnutt is well connected. Based in Athens, Ga...

The Quirky Charms of Singer Cody ChesnuTT

The Washington Post;  February 5, 2003 ;     700+ words ...Cody ChesnuTT has so much artistic bravado that he...That was for you. Did you get that?" ChesnuTT did all that and a lot more at the Birchmere...an Event. When the show ended -- with ChesnuTT singing "I Look Good in Leather" amid...

Chesnutt finds renewed inspiration in 'Silver Lake'

Chicago Sun-Times;  April 18, 2003 ;     700+ words ...Vic Chesnutt, M. Ward *10 tonight *Martyrs', 3855...Southwest Music & Media Conference here, Vic Chesnutt's performance began with a typically...backing trio had plugged in and tuned up, Chesnutt told the crowd, Well, I think it's time...

TEXAS BOY CHESNUTT IS COUNTRY TO THE CORE.(What's Happening)

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  October 24, 1997 ;     700+ words ......with today's country music, says Mark Chesnutt, is that it tries to sound too much like...who don't care about country music,'' Chesnutt said by phone from his home near Beaumont...Texas native with an endearing drawl, Chesnutt served 10 years of hard time on the honky-to...

Vic Chesnutt's silver lining Songwriter peaking with best work yet.(Time...

Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL);  April 18, 2003 ;     700+ words ......Guarino Daily Herald Music Critic Vic Chesnutt with M. Ward Where: Martyrs, 3855 N...Phone: Call (773) 404-9494 Songwriter Vic Chesnutt is a magnet for Leonard Cohen comparisons...iconic songwriter and practicing Buddhist, Chesnutt writes psychologically rich songs that...

DIGGING FOR COUNTRY ROOTS Mark Chesnutt gets back to the music he loves --...

The Gazette;  August 27, 2004 ;     472 words ...His Texas twang rich and deep, Mark Chesnutt says he's tired of going with the flow...all about." It's the style that brought Chesnutt, 40, a slew of hits in the '90s. "Too...Jukebox" and "I'll Think of Something" made Chesnutt one of the biggest names in country...

WORD OF MOUTH KIND TO VIC CHESNUTT.(Entertainment/Weekend/Spotlight)

Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO);  March 24, 1997 ;     688 words ...Byline: Jim Sullivan The Boston Globe Vic Chesnutt's a bit of a folkie, a bit of a poet...Choke, his major-label debut on Capitol, Chesnutt is poised to break away - ever so gently...going to stay exactly the same forever,'' Chesnutt says. ``Which is great. I don't care...

Werner Sollors on Charles Chesnutt

The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education;  October 31, 2002 ;     423 words ......of America anthology of the works of Charles Chesnutt, why it took so long for Chesnutt to be accepted into the American literary canon. Here is his reply: "Charles W. Chesnutt was a remarkable realist, a lively, ironic raconteur...