Scarlet Sister Mary (Pulitzer Prize Winner)

by Julia Peterkin, A. J. Verdelle (Foreword by)

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780820323770
Publisher:	University of Georgia Press
Publication date:	01/09/2004
Series:	Brown Thrasher Books
Pages:	376
Product dimensions:	5.12(w) x 7.50(h) x 0.94(d)

About the Author

JULIA PETERKIN (1880–1961) was the author of three novels, a collection of short stories, and, with photographer Doris Ulmann, a nonfiction collection of essays entitled Roll, Jordan, Roll. She was the first South Carolinian to be awarded the Pulitzer Prize.

JULIA PETERKIN (1880–1961) was the author of three novels, a collection of short stories, and, with photographer Doris Ulmann, a nonfiction collection of essays entitled Roll, Jordan, Roll. She was the first South Carolinian to be awarded the Pulitzer Prize.

What People are Saying About This

A. J. Verdelle

"Peterkin has a keen sense of concept, and she could turn a magic phrase....She has written a stunning, beautiful, and memorable novel."

W. E. B. DuBois

"Peterkin is a Southern White woman, that she has the eye and the ear to see beauty and know truth."

Editorial Reviews

[Peterkin] pioneered in demonstrating the literary potential for serious depictions of the African-American experience.

Coastal Carolina University - Charles Joyner

Peterkin is a southern white woman, but she has the eye and the ear to see beauty and know truth.

W. E. B. Du Bois

"Peterkin is a southern white woman, but she has the eye and the ear to see beauty and know truth."--W. E. B. Du Bois

“[Peterkin] pioneered in demonstrating the literary potential for serious depictions of the African-American experience."--Charles Joyner, Coastal Carolina University

From the Publisher

Pulitzer Prize winner Peterkin was a pioneer in writing candidly, yet unsentimentally, about black women, including their sensuality. Debuting in 1924 and 1928, respectively, these two titles offer a collection of short stories and a novel.

Library Journal