Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Reading Plagiarism: Charles Chesnutt's The House Behind the Cedars and Oscar Micheaux's The Masquerade: An Historical Novel. |
| Authors: |
Gleeson-White, Sarah |
| Source: |
African American Review. Winter2021, Vol. 54 Issue 4, p319-331. 13p. |
| Subject Terms: |
African American authors, Print culture |
| Reviews & Products: |
House Behind the Cedars, The (Book), Masquerade: An Historical Novel, The (Book) |
| People: |
Chesnutt, Charles W. (Charles Waddell), 1858-1932, Micheaux, Oscar, 1884-1951 |
| Abstract: |
The article focuses on the book "The Masquerade: An Historical Novel," by African American author and filmmaker Oscar Micheaux and how it was a verbatim reproduction of the book "The House Behind the Cedars," by African American author Charles Chesnutt and first published as a serial in "Self-Culture Magazine." Topics include Micheaux's negotiations to purchase the rights to Chesnutt's fiction and the history of Black print culture. |
| Database: |
Education Research Complete |
