A New Reader of the Old South: Major Stories, Tales, Slave Narratives, Diaries, Travelogues, Poetry and Songs, 1820-1920The 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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When marster heah ' bout it he didn'teck to de notion at all , ' cause her pa — dat is , he warn ' her own pa , ' cause he had married her ma when she wuz a widder after Miss Charlotte pa died , an ' he politics warn ' same as ourn .
When marster heah ' bout it he didn'teck to de notion at all , ' cause her pa — dat is , he warn ' her own pa , ' cause he had married her ma when she wuz a widder after Miss Charlotte pa died , an ' he politics warn ' same as ourn .
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An ' I wuz gittin ' right grewjousome myself , ' cause I studyin ' ' bout dat gal down dyah whar I done gi ' my wud to , an ' when dee ain ' no letters come torectly hit hard to tell which one de anxiouser , me or Marse George .
An ' I wuz gittin ' right grewjousome myself , ' cause I studyin ' ' bout dat gal down dyah whar I done gi ' my wud to , an ' when dee ain ' no letters come torectly hit hard to tell which one de anxiouser , me or Marse George .
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Twuz jes as thick in dyah as blackberries on de blackberry bush , ' cause ev'y gal on de plantation wuz dyah , shakin ' her foot for some young buck , an ' back - steppin ' for to go ' long . Dem ole sleepers wuz jes a - rockin ' ...
Twuz jes as thick in dyah as blackberries on de blackberry bush , ' cause ev'y gal on de plantation wuz dyah , shakin ' her foot for some young buck , an ' back - steppin ' for to go ' long . Dem ole sleepers wuz jes a - rockin ' ...
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| Վերնագիր | A New Reader of the Old South: Major Stories, Tales, Slave Narratives, Diaries, Travelogues, Poetry and Songs, 1820-1920 |
| Editors | Ben Forkner, Patrick H. Samway |
| Հրատարակիչ | Peachtree Publishers, 1991 |
| Original from | Միչիգանի համալսարան |
| Digitized | 29 Փետրվար 2008 |
| ISBN | 1561450200, 9781561450206 |
| Length | 644 էջ |
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