Charles W. Chesnutt’s “The Goophered Grapevine” sets the Uncle Remus stereotype on its ear with tales of plantation transmogrification, haunting, and body horror. Uncle Julius tells of Henry, a slave, who transforms into a plant-human hybrid. Grotesque and subversive.
THE STORY: “The Goophered Grapevine”
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