Analysis of readers’ reports reveals racial biases impacting Charles Chesnutt's literary career trajectory.
Between 1891 and 1931, Charles Chesnutt submitted fiction to Houghton Mifflin Company of Boston. The in-house readers’ reports reveal racial preconceptions, commercial concerns, and institutional self-perception, and they shed light on the trajectory of Chesnutt’s career with the elite firm—four books in rapid succession and then rejections.
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