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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... of the gentlemen set his eyes on me , and p'inted to one of the bottles — says he , jest as if I had been his own servant“ Hand the bottle . ' “ And somehow , I felt as ef I couldn't help myself , but must hand it , sure enough .
... of the gentlemen set his eyes on me , and p'inted to one of the bottles — says he , jest as if I had been his own servant“ Hand the bottle . ' “ And somehow , I felt as ef I couldn't help myself , but must hand it , sure enough .
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I was now , for the first time in my life , a field hand . In my new employment , I found myself even more awkward than a country boy appeared to be in a large city . I had been at my new home but one week before Mr. Covey gave me a ...
I was now , for the first time in my life , a field hand . In my new employment , I found myself even more awkward than a country boy appeared to be in a large city . I had been at my new home but one week before Mr. Covey gave me a ...
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The drivers would frequently call back a hand to go over again some piece of his or her task that had not been worked to his ... and learning that he did , ordered him to be put with the full hands , observing that though rather short ...
The drivers would frequently call back a hand to go over again some piece of his or her task that had not been worked to his ... and learning that he did , ordered him to be put with the full hands , observing that though rather short ...
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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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