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An Imperative Duty tells the story of Rhoda Aldgate, a young woman on the verge of marriage who has been raised by her aunt to assume that she is white, but who is in fact the descendant of an African-American grandmother. The novel traces the struggles of Rhoda, her family, and her suitor to come to terms with the implications of Rhoda’s heritage. Howells employs this stock situation...
About the Author
Paul R. Petrie is Professor of English at Southern Connecticut State University.
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“Far from fussing over chipped china, the novella goes to the heart of the great American problem of race... This is a provocative subject, and the publisher has provided much useful material for help in understanding it: an introduction (by Paul R. Petrie), footnotes and a sheaf of appendices, including one that links ‘An Imperative Duty’ to a subgenre of 19th-century fiction: ‘The Tragic Mulatta.’ There is a...
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- PublisherBroadview Press
- Publication date2010
- ISBN 10 1551119145
- ISBN 13 9781551119144
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages200
- EditorPetrie Paul R.
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