Who Is Harriet? is a new hybrid lecture series featuring scholars who are exploring Harriet Beecher Stowe and her work today. The speakers will share their latest research and diverse perspectives, developing the broader context within which Stowe lived and worked.
The series will be presented in-person at the Katharine Seymour Day House (accommodations available upon request) and virtually via Zoom. This is a ticketed event and space is limited
$20 admission | $35 admission and book
77 Forest St, Hartford | Zoom
6:00 – 7:15 PM, Presentation and audience Q&A
Charles W. Chesnutt’s Reconstruction of “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”
Dr. Tess Chakkalakal will discuss Charles Chestnutt’s Marrow of Tradition and its relationship to Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Explore here for more information about Chestnutt.
In 1901, Houghton Mifflin & Co., the premiere literary press in the country, released Charles W. Chesnutt’s fourth book; it was predicted to be a best seller. The press’s high hopes and faith in the novel were made plain on the dust jacket they used to advertise the first edition: in The Marrow of Tradition Mr. Chesnutt has far outstripped his earlier successes. He has written a Southern story of the present that will recall at many points “Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” so great is its dramatic intensity and so strong its appeal to popular sympathies.”
