Name: The Quest of the Silver Fleece
SKU: 57558122
Price: 39.73 EUR
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Author: Du Boi, W. E. B. S.
ISBN: 9781717448385

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Author

W. E. B. S. Du Boi

Publisher

Createspace

Language

English

Pages

364

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

22.9x15.2x1.9 cm

Weight

0.49 kg.

ISBN13

9781717448385

Synopsis "The Quest of the Silver Fleece"

A controversial title of its time, the novel chronicles the complex interactions between Northern financing and Southern politics as it follows the story of free-spirited Zora, child of a Southern swamp, and her romance with Yankee-educated Bles, who will eventually face the opportunity to claim political power through corrupt means. In the middle of it all is the silver fleece, a crop of cotton rich with meaning and symbolism. In the tradition of other incendiary novels that explore market forces at the turn of the century, such as Frank Norris's The Pit and Upton Sinclair's The Jungle, The Quest of the Silver Fleece was seen as an 'economic study' by Du Bois, yet it was also a romantic and otherwordly saga, loosely based on the Greek myth from which it takes its name. Using literary conventions to expose and oppose America's views on race, Du Bois presents a sprawling and provocative work that continues to engage readers and inspire debate among literary scholars today.

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