The Conjure Woman

Author : Afia Atakora
Publisher : Random House Trade Paperbacks
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2021-02-23
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780525511502

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Conjure Women by Afia Atakora Pdf

A mother and daughter with a shared talent for healing—and for the conjuring of curses—are at the heart of this dazzling first novel WINNER OF THE SOCIETY OF AMERICAN HISTORIANS PRIZE • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times • NPR • Parade • Book Riot • PopMatters “Lush, irresistible . . . It took me into the hearts of women I could otherwise never know. I was transported.”—Amy Bloom, New York Times bestselling author of White Houses and Away Conjure Women is a sweeping story that brings the world of the South before and after the Civil War vividly to life. Spanning eras and generations, it tells of the lives of three unforgettable women: Miss May Belle, a wise healing woman; her precocious and observant daughter Rue, who is reluctant to follow in her mother’s footsteps as a midwife; and their master’s daughter Varina. The secrets and bonds among these women and their community come to a head at the beginning of a war and at the birth of an accursed child, who sets the townspeople alight with fear and a spreading superstition that threatens their newly won, tenuous freedom. Magnificently written, brilliantly researched, richly imagined, Conjure Women moves back and forth in time to tell the haunting story of Rue, Varina, and May Belle, their passions and friendships, and the lengths they will go to save themselves and those they love. LONGLISTED FOR THE CENTER FOR FICTION FIRST NOVEL PRIZE “[A] haunting, promising debut . . . Through complex characters and bewitching prose, Atakora offers a stirring portrait of the power conferred between the enslaved women. This powerful tale of moral ambiguity amid inarguable injustice stands with Esi Edugyan’s Washington Black.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review) “An engrossing debut . . . Atakora structures a plot with plenty of satisfying twists. Life in the immediate aftermath of slavery is powerfully rendered in this impressive first novel.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

Author : Charles W. Chestnutt
Publisher : Graphic Arts Books
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2020-12-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781513274171

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The Conjure Woman by Charles W. Chestnutt Pdf

The Conjure Woman (1899) is a collection of stories by African American author, lawyer, and political activist Charles Chesnutt. “The Goophered Grapevine,” the collection’s opening story, was originally published in The Atlantic in 1887, making Chesnutt the first African American to have a story published in the magazine. The Conjure Woman is now considered a masterpiece of African American fiction for its use of folklore and exploration of racist stereotypes of Black Americans, especially those living in the South. In “The Goophered Grapevine,” an old ex-slave named Julius McAdoo—a coachman hired by a white Northerner named John—warns his employer about the land he has decided to purchase. He tells him the story of the vineyard’s previous owner, who hired a woman named Aunt Peggy to put a curse on his famous scuppernong grapes in order to stop his slaves from eating them. Each story in The Conjure Woman follows a similar formula, beginning with a narrative situation involving John and his wife, Annie, before leading to a story from Uncle Julius. “Po’ Sandy,” one of Chesnutt’s most acclaimed tales—and a loose adaptation of Ovid’s Metamorphoses—opens with John deciding to build a new kitchen for his wife. Uncle Julius drives him to the saw mill, where, while watching the saw cut through a log, he is reminded of the story of Sandy, a local man who was turned into a tree by a conjurer in order to escape slavery. The Conjure Woman is a powerful collection of folk takes and stories exploring themes of race, identity, and class in the nineteenth century South. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Charles Chesnutt’s The Conjure Woman is a classic of African American literature reimagined for modern readers.

Author : Charles W. Chesnutt
Publisher : Digireads.Com
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1420942670

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The Conjure Woman and Other Conjure Tales by Charles W. Chesnutt Pdf

Charles W. Chesnutt (1858-1932) was an author, essayist and political activist whose works addressed the complex issues of racial and social identity at the turn of the century. Chesnutt's early works explored political issues somewhat indirectly, with the intention of changing the attitudes of Caucasians slowly and carefully. His characters deal with difficult issues of miscegenation, illegitimacy, racial identity and social place. The stories in "The Conjure Woman and Other Conjure Tales" were Chesnutt's first great literary success. This collection of thirteen short stories is told by a former slave named Uncle Julius to a white couple who have recently moved to the South. Uncle Julius's tales feature supernatural elements such as haunting, transfiguration, and conjuring that were typical of southern folk tales. In this collection, "Po' Sandy" recounts how a woman changed her lover into a tree to try and protect him. Another story, "Sis' Becky's Pickaninny," tells the tragic story of a slave woman who is parted from her baby when the plantation owner sells her for a race horse.

Author : Charles Waddell Chesnutt
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0822313871

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The Conjure Woman, and Other Conjure Tales by Charles Waddell Chesnutt Pdf

The stories in The Conjure Woman were Charles W. Chesnutt's first great literary success, and since their initial publication in 1899 they have come to be seen as some of the most remarkable works of African American literature from the Emancipation through the Harlem Renaissance. Lesser known, though, is that the The Conjure Woman, as first published by Houghton Mifflin, was not wholly Chesnutt's creation but a work shaped and selected by his editors. This edition reassembles for the first time all of Chesnutt's work in the conjure tale genre, the entire imaginative feat of which the published Conjure Woman forms a part. It allows the reader to see how the original volume was created, how an African American author negotiated with the tastes of the dominant literary culture of the late nineteenth century, and how that culture both promoted and delimited his work. In the tradition of Uncle Remus, the conjure tale listens in on a poor black southerner, speaking strong dialect, as he recounts a local incident to a transplanted northerner for the northerner's enlightenment and edification. But in Chesnutt's hands the tradition is transformed. No longer a reactionary flight of nostalgia for the antebellum South, the stories in this book celebrate and at the same time question the folk culture they so pungently portray, and ultimately convey the pleasures and anxieties of a world in transition. Written in the late nineteenth century, a time of enormous growth and change for a country only recently reunited in peace, these stories act as the uneasy meeting ground for the culture of northern capitalism, professionalism, and Christianity and the underdeveloped southern economy, a kind of colonial Third World whose power is manifest in life charms, magic spells, and ha'nts, all embodied by the ruling figure of the conjure woman. Humorous, heart-breaking, lyrical, and wise, these stories make clear why the fiction of Charles W. Chesnutt has continued to captivate audiences for a century.

Author : Charles Waddell Chesnutt
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1888
Category : African Americans
ISBN : OCLC:773361508

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Po' Sandy by Charles Waddell Chesnutt Pdf

Author : Charles Waddell Chesnutt
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
Page : 462 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : African Americans
ISBN : 9781442901506

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The Conjure Woman (EasyRead Super Large 24pt Edition) by Charles Waddell Chesnutt Pdf

Author : K. Samuel,Kameelah L. Martin
Publisher : Springer
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12-27
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781137336811

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Conjuring Moments in African American Literature by K. Samuel,Kameelah L. Martin Pdf

This book engages the ways African American authors have shifted, recycled, and reinvented the conjure woman in fiction. Kameelah Martin Samuel traces her presence and function in twentieth-century literature through historical records, oral histories, blues music, and collections of African American folklore.

Author : Fritz Leiber
Publisher : Wildside Press LLC
Page : 149 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2023-03-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781667681764

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Conjure Wife by Fritz Leiber Pdf

Tansy Saylor is the wife of an up-and-coming young sociology professor at a small, conservative American college. She is also a witch. Her husband, Norman, discovers this one day while rummaging through her dressing table: he finds vials of graveyard dirt, packets of hair and fingernail clippings from their acquaintances, and other evidence of her witchcraft. He confronts Tansy, and manages to convince her that her faith in magic is a result of superstition and neurosis. Tansy burns her charms; and Norman's luck immediately goes sour. He realizes that he had been protected, up till now, by Tansy's charms, and that as a result of his meddling, they are both now powerless to counteract the spells and charms of the other witches all around them.

Author : Charles W. Chesnutt
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2022-08-15
Category : Medical
ISBN : EAN:8596547169703

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The Wife of his Youth and Other Stories of the Color Line, and Selected Essays by Charles W. Chesnutt Pdf

DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Wife of his Youth and Other Stories of the Color Line, and Selected Essays" by Charles W. Chesnutt. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

Author : Starr Casas
Publisher : Weiser Books
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2017-09-01
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781633410633

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Old Style Conjure by Starr Casas Pdf

“Starr Casas is the real deal. Anyone seeking to comprehend Conjure and benefit from its powerful magic would do well to read Old Style Conjure."—Judika Illes, author of Encyclopedia of 5000 Spells and many other books Conjure, hoodoo, rootwork—these are all names for a uniquely American form of folk magic. Conjure first emerged in the days of slavery and plantations and is widely considered among the most potent forms of magic. Written by Starr Casas, a hereditary master of the art, Old Style Conjure is an essential guide to using Conjure to achieve love, success, safety, prosperity, spiritual fulfillment, and your heart's desires. Old Style Conjure is a guide to using conjure to achieve love, success, safety, prosperity, and spiritual fulfillment. It introduces readers to the history and philosophy of conjure and provides practical, modern day, advice for using it. In its pages, you'll learn about: Bone reading Candle magic Conjure bags Building your own conjure altar Featuring Casas' own rituals, spells, and home recipes, the book provides useful information suitable for novices and seasoned practitioners alike.

Author : Charles Waddell Chesnutt
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2017-01-06
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1542405548

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The Goophered Grapevine by Charles Waddell Chesnutt Pdf

This Squid Ink Classic includes the full text of the work plus MLA style citations for scholarly secondary sources, peer-reviewed journal articles and critical essays for when your teacher requires extra resources in MLA format for your research paper.

Author : Charles Waddell Chesnutt
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 131 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2012-03-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780486114293

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Tales of Conjure and The Color Line by Charles Waddell Chesnutt Pdf

Ten wonderful stories by pioneer of African-American fiction: "The Goophered Grapevine," "Po' Sandy," "Sis' Becky's Pickaninny," "The Wife of His Youth," "Dave's Neckliss," "The Passing of Grandison," more. Witty, charming, insightful.

Author : Fritz Leiber
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1999-10-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 031286972X

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Dark Ladies by Fritz Leiber Pdf

In Conjure wife, Norman Saylor learns that his wife is a sorceress. In Our Lady of Darkness, horror writer Franz Westen searches for the paranormal in San Francisco.

Author : Marjorie Lee Pryse,Hortense J. Spillers
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1985-12-22
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015058014039

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Conjuring by Marjorie Lee Pryse,Hortense J. Spillers Pdf

This collection of essays explains the emergence of black women novelists in contemporary American literature and the cultural and personal influences that made it possible for them to find their literary authority. Beginning with the 19th century origins of the tradition--the autobiographical writings and slave narratives--the volume discusses individual writers such as Pauline Hopkins, Jessie Redmon Fauset, Ann Petry and Octavia Butler; the aggregate significance of fiction by black women; and their influence on each other. Novels examined include Toni Cade Bambara's The Salt Eaters, Ann Petry's The Street, and Toni Morrison's Song of Solomon and The Bluest Eye. ISBN 0-253-31407-0 : $29.95; ISBN 0-253-20360-0 (pbk.) : $10.95.

Author : Craig Laurance Gidney
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2014-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1608641023

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Skin Deep Magic by Craig Laurance Gidney Pdf

Magic is more than skin-deep. It hides in the folds of a haunted quilt and illuminates the secret histories of Negro memorabilia. Magic reveals the destiny of a great storyteller and emanates from a sculpture by an obscure Harlem Renaissance artist. Magic lurks in the basement of an inner-city apartment building and flourishes in a city park. Magic is more than skin-deep; it shimmers in the ten stories in this collection.