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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... reaching into the past , an author can find images that he or she had not suspected , but which , in turn , can be ... reached the bottom : " I was broken in body , soul , and spirit . My natural elasticity was crushed , my intellect ...
... reaching into the past , an author can find images that he or she had not suspected , but which , in turn , can be ... reached the bottom : " I was broken in body , soul , and spirit . My natural elasticity was crushed , my intellect ...
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... reached a point some distance behind it about the time they were shelling our cavalry they had driven over the river . I saw that the enemy was only making a demonstration , and rode nearly all night to get back to Stuart . When I got ...
... reached a point some distance behind it about the time they were shelling our cavalry they had driven over the river . I saw that the enemy was only making a demonstration , and rode nearly all night to get back to Stuart . When I got ...
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... reached Nashville and taken the amnesty oath . I am glad to hear even indirectly from him . See that Breckinridge and party reached Cuba . What has become of Benjamin ? Trenholm , I see , is at Hilton Head under arrest to be sent to ...
... reached Nashville and taken the amnesty oath . I am glad to hear even indirectly from him . See that Breckinridge and party reached Cuba . What has become of Benjamin ? Trenholm , I see , is at Hilton Head under arrest to be sent to ...
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A Plantation Echo | 106 |
The Edisto Raftsman | 122 |
Selections from Slave Narratives and Diaries | 131 |
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