Clarence and Corinne, or, God's way / Mrs. A. E. Johnson ; with an introduction by Hortense J. Spillers.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Johnson, A. E. (Amelia E.), 1858-1922.

Contributor:

Spillers, Hortense J., writer of introduction.

Joanna Banks Collection of African American Books (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Schomburg library of nineteenth-century Black women writers

The Schomburg library of nineteenth-century Black women writers

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African American women--Fiction.

African American women.

African Americans--Fiction.

African Americans.

Genre:

Fiction.

Penn Provenance:

Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xxxviii pages, 4 unnumbered pages, 187 pages, 1 unnumbered page, 6 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 17 cm.

Other Title:

Clarence and Corinne.

God's way.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 1988.

Summary:

Even though Clarence and Corinne does not answer any of the expectations of a post-modernist reading protocol, it is a type of story that we must learn to read again for precisely that reason.

Contents:

Discouraged

A Grim Visitor

Friends

Provided For

Corinne's New Home

A Disappointment

Corinne's Visit

Corinne's Illness

The Letter

Clarence's Adventure

Corinne's Journey

Clarence in Trouble

New Experiences

A Home at Last

"Mother Carter"

Sunday at Brierton

Charley's Tramp

The Reunion

Conclusion.

Notes:

"The text of 'Clarence and Corinne' was reproduced from microfilm provided courtesy of the Library of Congress."

"A didactic narrative of the family, the story asserts its historical specificity in unmistakable ways. The reform programs of the late century's women's movement in the United States are everywhere evident in the narrative's systematic injunction against 'demon' alcohol and its destructive effects on the nuclear family."--Introduction.

Includes bibliographical references (pages xxxvii-xxxviii).

Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards - Nonfiction, Winner, 1989

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.

ISBN:

0195052641

OCLC:

17108470