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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... stood looking up and down the street for nearly an hour . But few ladies , only the inveterate mass - goers , were out . About the entrance of the frequent cafés the masculine gentility stood leaning on canes , with which now one and ...
... stood looking up and down the street for nearly an hour . But few ladies , only the inveterate mass - goers , were out . About the entrance of the frequent cafés the masculine gentility stood leaning on canes , with which now one and ...
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... stood equal , two marks only below me . Johnson , like myself , was poor . He taught school , raised means thus , and was admitted to the bar . He is , by nature , of vigorous mind , adapted to the law . He rose rapidly at the bar , and ...
... stood equal , two marks only below me . Johnson , like myself , was poor . He taught school , raised means thus , and was admitted to the bar . He is , by nature , of vigorous mind , adapted to the law . He rose rapidly at the bar , and ...
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... stood on the bastion and enjoyed the fine southern breeze . Looked over the harbour and saw several showers passing around us . Boston was immersed in one , and the rays of the sinking sun , beyond the city and coming through the ...
... stood on the bastion and enjoyed the fine southern breeze . Looked over the harbour and saw several showers passing around us . Boston was immersed in one , and the rays of the sinking sun , beyond the city and coming through the ...
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A Plantation Echo | 106 |
The Edisto Raftsman | 122 |
Selections from Slave Narratives and Diaries | 131 |
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