An exploration of a great American writer"s abiding concern with the color line Essays by Margaret D. Bauer, Keith Byerman, Martha J. Cutter, SallyAnn H. Ferguson, Donald B. Gibson, Scott Thomas Gibson, Aaron Ritzenberg,Werner Sollors, and Susan Prothro Wright Passing in the Works of Charles W. Chesnutt is a collection that reevaluates Chesnutt"s deft manipulation of the "passing" theme to expand understanding of the author"s fiction and nonfiction. Nine contributors apply a variety of theories--including intertextual, signifying/discourse analysis, narratological, formal, psychoanalytical, new historical, reader response, and performative frameworks--to add richness to readings of Chesnutt"s works. Together the essays provide convincing evidence that "passing" is an intricate, essential part of Chesnutt"s writing, and that it appears in all the genres he wielded: journal entries, speeches, essays, and short and long fiction. The essays engage with each other to display the...