Charles W. Chesnutt's "The Passing of Grandison" offers a prime example of Chesnutt's thematic concerns, particularly racial passing, what it means to be "free," and language's relationship to power. Other major works of his that deal with similar concerns are The Conjure Woman, "The Wife of His Youth," The House Behind the Cedars, and The Marrow of Tradition.
Other authors of note who deal with similar themes are Zora Neale Hurston (Their Eyes Were Watching God), Jean Toomer (Cane), Stephen Crane (The Red Badge of Courage), and William Faulkner (Light in August).
