The wife of his youth analysis essay

Critical Analysis, The Wife Of His Youth By Charles Chesnutt

English 101 (1334)

25 November 2014

Outline for the Critical Analysis for “The Wife of His Youth” by Charles Chesnutt

I. Introduction: ……………………

II. Thesis statement: The author of the critical analysis of “The Wife of His Youth” reveal how the Blue vein society establish and maintain social standard among the people.

III. Body paragraph:

1. …………

a. In the article “The Cultural logic of color in Charles W. Chesnutts” The wife of his Youth” from Conversation and contestation selected essay located in the Literature Resource center author Leora H .McCloskey states “ Despite Chesnutt’s assertion here about the unity of The wife of His youth , criticism of this bookwork has almost always treated the stories in the collection as independent entities

2. …………..

a. In reference to Lorne Fienberg in his article “The Unveiling of Black story teller” from Transcendental Quarterly located in the Literature Resource Center he states “….his own motivation and power remain invisible to the end.

3. ………..

a. According to author Nancy Huston in her article “Novel Note: Charles Chesnutt’s stories of the color line from The Bookman located in the Literature Resource Center “ These essay are not about people ,black or white but no intention to deny the too truth of the untellable story, nor any wish to dispute its tragic importance as legitimate literary material”

4. ……….

a. Author Charles Duncan, “Telling Genealogy” from the critical essay on Charles W Chesnutt located in the literature resource center, “The wife of His Youth” says “the blue vein membership is composed of individual who were generally speaking more white than black.”

IV. Conclusion: ………..

V. Works Cited:

Banks, Nancy Huston. "Novel Notes: The Wife of His Youth." The Bookman 10.6 (Feb. 1900): 597-598. Rpt. in Literature Resource Center. Detroit: Gale, 2014. Literature Resource Center. Web. 21 Oct. 2014.

Duncan, Charles. "Telling Genealogy: Notions of the Family in The Wife of His Youth." Critical Essays on Charles W. Chesnutt. Ed. Joseph R. McElrath, Jr. New York: G. K. Hall & Co., 1999. 281-296. Rpt. in Short Story Criticism. Ed. Lynn M. Zott. Vol. 54. Detroit: Gale, 2003. Literature Resource Center. Web. 21 Oct. 2014.

Fienberg, Lorne. "Charles W. Chesnutt’s The Wife of His Youth: The Unveiling of the Black Storyteller." American Transcendental Quarterly 4.3 (Sept. 1990): 219-237. Rpt. in Short Story Criticism. Ed. Joseph Palmisano. Vol. 67. Detroit: Gale, 2004. Literature Resource Center. Web. 21 Oct. 2014.

McCloskey, Leora H. "The Cultural Logic of Color: Strategies of Recognition in Charles W. Chesnutt's The Wife of His Youth and Other Stories of the Color Line." Re-Placing America: Conversations and Contestations; Selected Essays. Ed. Ruth Hsu, Cynthia Franklin, and Suzanne Kosanke. Honolulu: University of Hawaii College of Languages, Linguistics, and Literature, 2000. 209-218. Rpt. in Short Story Criticism. Ed. Jelena O. Krstovic. Vol. 139. Detroit: Gale, 2010. Literature Resource Center. Web. 21 Oct. 2014.