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Looking anew at Chesnutt's public and private writings and his well-known and recently rediscovered works, McWilliams explores Chesnutt's distinctive contribution to American culture: how his stories and novels challenge our dominant cultural narratives--particularly their underlying assumptions about race.

Race in literature. --- Group identity in literature. --- African Americans in literature. --- Identity (Psychology) in literature. --- African Americans --- Afro-Americans in literature --- Negroes in literature --- Negritude --- Race identity. --- Ethnic identity --- Chesnutt, Charles W. --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Views on race.