Research Catalog

Title

Appointed : an American novel / William H. Anderson, Walter H. Stowers ; edited by Eric Gardner and Bryan Sinche.

Author

Anderson, William H., 1857-1916

Publication

• Morgantown : West Virginia University Press, 2019.
• ©2019

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Details

Additional Authors

• Stowers, Walter H., 1859-1932
• Gardner, Eric
• Sinche, Bryan

Description

xxv, 297 pages; 23 cm.

Summary

"Appointed is a recently recovered novel written by William Anderson and Walter Stowers, two of the editors of the Detroit Plaindealer, a long-running and well-regarded African American newspaper of the late nineteenth century. Drawing heavily on nineteenth-century print culture, the authors tell the story of John Saunders, a college-educated black man living and working in Detroit. Through a bizarre set of circumstances, Saunders befriends his white employer's son, Seth Stanley, and the two men form a lasting, cross-racial bond that leads them to travel together to the American South. On their journey, John shows Seth the harsh realities of American racism and instructs him in how he might take responsibility for alleviating the effects of racism in his own home and in the white world broadly. As a coauthored novel of frustrated ambition, cross-racial friendship, and the tragedy of lynching, Appointed represents a unique contribution to African American literary history. This is the first scholarly edition of Appointed, and it includes a collection of writings from the Plaindealer, the authors' short story 'A Strange Freak of Fate,' and an introduction that locates Appointed and its authors within the journalistic and literary currents of the United States in the late nineteenth century"--

Series Statement

Regenerations

Uniform Title

Regenerations.

Subjects

• Racism
• United States
• History
• Fiction
• 1800-1899
• Southern States
• Race relations
• Racism > Southern States > History > 19th century > Fiction
• United States > Race relations > History > 19th century > Fiction

Genre/Form

• Fiction.
• History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 296-297).

Call Number

Sc E 21-48

ISBN

• 9781946684394
• 1946684392

LCCN

2019010276

OCLC

1089905728

Author

Anderson, William H., 1857-1916, author.

Title

Appointed : an American novel / William H. Anderson, Walter H. Stowers ; edited by Eric Gardner and Bryan Sinche.

Publisher

Morgantown : West Virginia University Press, 2019.

Copyright Date

©2019

Edition

First edition.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Regenerations

Regenerations.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 296-297).

Local Note

ED: SAGINAW VALLEY STATE UNIV. REPRINT OF LATE 19TH CENT. NOVEL W/ NEW INTRO. & EXTENSIVE NOTES.

Chronological Term

1800-1899

Added Author

Stowers, Walter H., 1859-1932, author.

Gardner, Eric, editor.

Sinche, Bryan, editor.

Research Call Number

Sc E 21-48