A New Reader of the Old South: Major Stories, Tales, Slave Narratives, Diaries, Travelogues, Poetry and Songs, 1820-1920Ben Forkner, Patrick H. Samway Peachtree Publishers, 1991 - 644 էջ The literary Canon of the old South is redefined in this remarkable companion to the highly acclaimed A Modern Southern Reader. The literary canon of the old South is redefined in this remarkable companion to the highly acclaimed A Modern Southern Reader. Editors Ben Forkner and Patrick Samway, S. J. have selected from the most original and lasting works of nineteenth-century Southern writing (1820-1920) to reflect the full range of the Southern experience. The thorough introduction illuminates the individual pieces, providing insight into the culture of the Old South, from which rose a new generation of prominent, American writers. Features the work of Kate Chopin, Frederick Douglass, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Ellen Glasgow, Henry Grady, Joel Chandler Harris, Thomas Jefferson, James Weldon Johnson, Sidney Lanier, Augustus Baldwin Longstreet, Edgar Allen Poe, Mark Twain, and many others. |
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... Rowlock ! Rowlock ! " The eyes might become dull , the tongue inert , and the heart languid on Bayou l'Ombre , but the ears were ever assiduous , ever on duty . Quivering and nervous , they listened even through sleep for that one ...
... Rowlock ! Rowlock ! " The eyes might become dull , the tongue inert , and the heart languid on Bayou l'Ombre , but the ears were ever assiduous , ever on duty . Quivering and nervous , they listened even through sleep for that one ...
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... Rowlock ! Rowlock ! " What loud , frightful , threatening reverberations of the oars ! And the bayou flowed on the same , and the cypress - trees gazed stolidly and steadfastly up to the heavens , and the heavens were serenely blue and ...
... Rowlock ! Rowlock ! " What loud , frightful , threatening reverberations of the oars ! And the bayou flowed on the same , and the cypress - trees gazed stolidly and steadfastly up to the heavens , and the heavens were serenely blue and ...
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... Rowlock ! Rowlock ! " They were safe and away . A vociferous group stood around the empty gunnels . Uncle John , with the daring of desperation , advanced , disarmed as he was , towards them . " I - I - I - I don't keer ef you is de ...
... Rowlock ! Rowlock ! " They were safe and away . A vociferous group stood around the empty gunnels . Uncle John , with the daring of desperation , advanced , disarmed as he was , towards them . " I - I - I - I don't keer ef you is de ...
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A Plantation Echo | 106 |
The Edisto Raftsman | 122 |
Selections from Slave Narratives and Diaries | 131 |
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