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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... told him it was one of my friends . " Can you read them ? " he asked . When I told him I could , he swore , and raved , and tore the paper into bits . " Bring me all your letters ! " said he , in a commanding tone . I told him I had ...
... told him it was one of my friends . " Can you read them ? " he asked . When I told him I could , he swore , and raved , and tore the paper into bits . " Bring me all your letters ! " said he , in a commanding tone . I told him I had ...
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... told Col. Jones that it was only a feint to deceive us . We retired , and the enemy occupied our camping - ground ... told him that they were falling back from the river . In the rapture of the moment he told me that I could get any ...
... told Col. Jones that it was only a feint to deceive us . We retired , and the enemy occupied our camping - ground ... told him that they were falling back from the river . In the rapture of the moment he told me that I could get any ...
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... told me that , having furnished the prayer - house with seats having a back - rail , his negroes petitioned him to remove it , because it did not leave them room enough to pray . It was explained to me that it is their custom , in ...
... told me that , having furnished the prayer - house with seats having a back - rail , his negroes petitioned him to remove it , because it did not leave them room enough to pray . It was explained to me that it is their custom , in ...
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A Plantation Echo | 106 |
The Edisto Raftsman | 122 |
Selections from Slave Narratives and Diaries | 131 |
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