ROAD NOT TAKEN? - Imperium in Imperio & The Hindered Hand (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Two Political Novels - Black Civil Rights MovementBy Sutton E. Griggs
Length14h 50m
About this audiobook
Road Not Taken? brings together Sutton E. Griggs's Imperium in Imperio and The Hindered Hand, two urgent works of African American political fiction from the nadir of post-Reconstruction race relations. Combining melodrama, romance, satire, and prophetic political argument, Griggs imagines Black self-organization, state violence, lynching, disenfranchisement, and competing strategies of resistance. His fiction belongs beside Pauline Hopkins, Charles Chesnutt, and the protest novel tradition, yet its daring separatist and nationalist speculations remain strikingly singular. Griggs (1872–1933), a Baptist minister, educator, and activist, wrote from within the intellectual ferment of Black churches, colleges, and reform movements at the turn of the twentieth century. Living under Jim Crow and witnessing the collapse of Reconstruction's promises, he turned fiction into a vehicle for moral instruction and political diagnosis. The Hindered Hand was also a direct rebuttal to racist popular literature, especially Thomas Dixon's mythology of white supremacy. This volume is essential for readers interested in African American literature, political thought, and the history of resistance. It offers not merely historical testimony, but a challenging imaginative archive of paths proposed, foreclosed, and still debated.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- A comprehensive Introduction outlines these selected works' unifying features, themes, or stylistic evolutions.
- A Historical Context section situates the works in their broader era—social currents, cultural trends, and key events that underpin their creation.
- A concise Synopsis (Selection) offers an accessible overview of the included texts, helping readers navigate plotlines and main ideas without revealing critical twists.
- A unified Analysis examines recurring motifs and stylistic hallmarks across the collection, tying the stories together while spotlighting the different work's strengths.
- Reflection questions inspire deeper contemplation of the author's overarching message, inviting readers to draw connections among different texts and relate them to modern contexts.
- Lastly, our hand‐picked Memorable Quotes distill pivotal lines and turning points, serving as touchstones for the collection's central themes.
Audiobook details
GenreGeneral Fiction
Length14 hrs 50 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateMar 2, 2017
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
2Introduction
3Historical Context
4Synopsis (Selection)
5ROAD NOT TAKEN? - Imperium in Imperio & The Hindered Hand
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6TO THE PUBLIC
7BERL TROUT'S DYING DECLARATION
8CHAPTER I A SMALL BEGINNING
9CHAPTER II THE SCHOOL
10CHAPTER III THE PARSON'S ADVICE
11CHAPTER IV THE TURNING OF A WORM
12CHAPTER V BELTON FINDS A FRIEND
13CHAPTER VI A YOUNG REBEL
14CHAPTER VII A SERMON, A SOCK AND A FIGHT
15CHAPTER VIII MANY MYSTERIES CLEARED UP
16CHAPTER IX LOVE AND POLITICS
17CHAPTER X CUPID AGAIN AT WORK
18CHAPTER XI NO BEFITTING NAME
19CHAPTER XII ON THE DISSECTING BOARD
20CHAPTER XIII MARRIED AND YET NOT MARRIED
21CHAPTER XIV MARRIED AND YET NOT MARRIED (Continued)
22CHAPTER XV WEIGHTY MATTERS
23CHAPTER XVI UNWRITTEN HISTORY
24CHAPTER XVII CROSSING THE RUBICON
25CHAPTER XVIII THE STORM'S MASTER
26CHAPTER XIX THE PARTING OF WAYS
27CHAPTER XX PERSONAL — (Berl Trout)
28DEDICATION
29SOLEMNLY ATTESTED
30TUNING THE LYRE
31CHAPTER I Occurrences That Puzzle
32CHAPTER II His Face Was Her Guide
33CHAPTER III Wherein Foresta First Appears
34CHAPTER IV The Ways of A Seeker After Fame
35CHAPTER V Rather Late In Life To Be Still Nameless
36CHAPTER VI Friendly Enemies
37CHAPTER VII Officers Of The Law
38CHAPTER VIII A Messenger That Hesitates
39CHAPTER IX A Plotter Is He
40CHAPTER X Arabelle Seabright
41CHAPTER XI Unusual For A Man
42CHAPTER XII A Honeymoon Out Of The Usual Order
43CHAPTER XIII Shrewd Mrs. Crawford
44CHAPTER XIV Alene and Ramon
45CHAPTER XV Unexpected Developments
46CHAPTER XVI An Eager Searcher
47CHAPTER XVII Peculiar Divorce Proceedings
48CHAPTER XVIII Mists That Vanish
49CHAPTER XIX The Fugitives Flee Again
50CHAPTER XX The Blaze
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