An edition of Scarlet Sister Mary (1928)
Scarlet Sister Mary
a novel
By Julia Mood Peterkin
Publish Date
1998
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Language
eng
Pages
345
Description:
Pulitzer Prize; likened to Nathaniel Hawthorne' "Scarlet Letter". From Goodreads - Julia Peterkin pioneered in demonstrating the literary potential for serious depictions of the African American experience. Rejecting the prevailing sentimental stereotypes of her times, she portrayed her black characters with sympathy and understanding, endowing them with the full dimensions of human consciousness. In these novels and stories, she tapped the richness of rural southern black culture and oral traditions to capture the conflicting realities in an African American community and to reveal a grace and courage worthy of black pride.