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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... Suggs , and in favour of the Union Hotel . " All right , " said Suggs ; " I'll be over in a couple of weeks , and settle . ” " Can't wait ; want money to buy provisions ; account been standing two years ; thirty - one dollars and fifty ...
... Suggs , and in favour of the Union Hotel . " All right , " said Suggs ; " I'll be over in a couple of weeks , and settle . ” " Can't wait ; want money to buy provisions ; account been standing two years ; thirty - one dollars and fifty ...
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... Suggs has always patronized the Union and voted the whole ticket " " Never split in my life , " dropped in Suggs , with emphasis . " I , " continued Dennis , " am for takin the mortgage and lettin ' him take old Bill and go ; for I know ...
... Suggs has always patronized the Union and voted the whole ticket " " Never split in my life , " dropped in Suggs , with emphasis . " I , " continued Dennis , " am for takin the mortgage and lettin ' him take old Bill and go ; for I know ...
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... Suggs ; " I'm going home with you as soon as you've had breakfast . My poor Sally Rugby shall not be trampled on in this way . I've only got to borrow fifty dollars from some of the boys to make out a couple of thousand I need to make ...
... Suggs ; " I'm going home with you as soon as you've had breakfast . My poor Sally Rugby shall not be trampled on in this way . I've only got to borrow fifty dollars from some of the boys to make out a couple of thousand I need to make ...
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A Plantation Echo | 106 |
The Edisto Raftsman | 122 |
Selections from Slave Narratives and Diaries | 131 |
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