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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... called him " master ; " we generally called him " Captain Auld , " and were hardly disposed to title him at all . I doubt not that our conduct had much to do with making him appear awkward , and of consequence fretful . Our want of ...
... called him " master ; " we generally called him " Captain Auld , " and were hardly disposed to title him at all . I doubt not that our conduct had much to do with making him appear awkward , and of consequence fretful . Our want of ...
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... called to preach . " In the earlier days of freedom almost every coloured man who learned to read would receive “ a call to preach " within a few days after he began reading . At my home in West Virginia the process of being called to ...
... called to preach . " In the earlier days of freedom almost every coloured man who learned to read would receive “ a call to preach " within a few days after he began reading . At my home in West Virginia the process of being called to ...
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... called into being . The harpers were present at the feast , but no one called for the song . It was to this that the South owed her final defeat . It was for lack of a literature that she was left behind in the great race for outside ...
... called into being . The harpers were present at the feast , but no one called for the song . It was to this that the South owed her final defeat . It was for lack of a literature that she was left behind in the great race for outside ...
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A Plantation Echo | 106 |
The Edisto Raftsman | 122 |
Selections from Slave Narratives and Diaries | 131 |
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