FACULTY MEMBER CO-EDITS UNPUBLISHED CHARLES CHESNUTT MANUSCRIPTS

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Date: 20060301
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Pennsylvania State University at Harrisburg issued the following news release:

When early 20 th Century African American novelist Charles W. Chesnutt died, he left behind six unpublished manuscripts, including A Business Career and Evelyn's Husband.

Both novels, co-edited by Penn State Harrisburg Associate Professor of Humanities and Writing Matthew Wilson, are now available from University Press of Mississippi.

Together, the two "white life" novels mark Chesnutt as among the first African Americans to write fiction with a predominantly white cast of characters.

Dr. Wilson's co-editor for ...

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