Between Cicero and Hobbes: Law and the Fate of the Republic in Charles Chesnutt's The Marrow of Tradition.

The article focuses on Charles Chesnutt, an African American writer and intellectual, and his novel The Marrow of Tradition, which explores political and philosophical themes through the lens of Hobbes and Cicero. Topics include the historical context of the Wilmington insurrection, the role of law in post-Reconstruction America, and Chesnutt's use of Roman and English civil wars as historical parallels to depict the South's political crisis.