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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... hundred is called severe : it is the punishment inflicted for the serious offence of standing idle in the field ; from one hundred and fifty to two hundred is bestowed upon him who quarrels with his cabin - mates , and five hundred ...
... hundred is called severe : it is the punishment inflicted for the serious offence of standing idle in the field ; from one hundred and fifty to two hundred is bestowed upon him who quarrels with his cabin - mates , and five hundred ...
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... hundred dollars each , young and old , would amount to six hundred millions of dollars , which must be paid or lost by somebody . To this , add the cost of their transportation by land and sea to Mesurado , a year's provision of food ...
... hundred dollars each , young and old , would amount to six hundred millions of dollars , which must be paid or lost by somebody . To this , add the cost of their transportation by land and sea to Mesurado , a year's provision of food ...
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... hundred and twenty - five acres ; how much have you ? " " Just about the same . What's you land worth , here ... hundred and fifty to two hundred dollars . " " What ! " " A hundred and fifty to two hundred . " " Dollars ? " " Yes ...
... hundred and twenty - five acres ; how much have you ? " " Just about the same . What's you land worth , here ... hundred and fifty to two hundred dollars . " " What ! " " A hundred and fifty to two hundred . " " Dollars ? " " Yes ...
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A Plantation Echo | 106 |
The Edisto Raftsman | 122 |
Selections from Slave Narratives and Diaries | 131 |
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