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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... w'en he did , he seed his mammy standin ' in de kitchen , lookin ' back in de d'rection little Mose wuz comin ' fum . En dey wuz tears in her eyes , en she look ' mo ' po'ly en peaked ' n she had w'en he wuz down dere befo ' . So little ...
... w'en he did , he seed his mammy standin ' in de kitchen , lookin ' back in de d'rection little Mose wuz comin ' fum . En dey wuz tears in her eyes , en she look ' mo ' po'ly en peaked ' n she had w'en he wuz down dere befo ' . So little ...
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... W'en Kunnel Pen'leton got dis letter he wuz madder'n he wuz befo ' , ' speshly ' ca'se dis man ' lowed he did n ' know how ter take keer er fine hosses . But he could n ' do nuffin but fetch a lawsuit , en he knowed , by his own ' spe ...
... W'en Kunnel Pen'leton got dis letter he wuz madder'n he wuz befo ' , ' speshly ' ca'se dis man ' lowed he did n ' know how ter take keer er fine hosses . But he could n ' do nuffin but fetch a lawsuit , en he knowed , by his own ' spe ...
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... w'en I got big ' nuff , dey tuck me in de house fer ter wait on de table en do er'n's , en dar I bin twel freedom come out . She ' uz mighty high - strung , ole Miss wuz , yit I sees folks dese days put on mo a'rs dan w'at ole Miss ever ...
... w'en I got big ' nuff , dey tuck me in de house fer ter wait on de table en do er'n's , en dar I bin twel freedom come out . She ' uz mighty high - strung , ole Miss wuz , yit I sees folks dese days put on mo a'rs dan w'at ole Miss ever ...
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A Plantation Echo | 106 |
The Edisto Raftsman | 122 |
Selections from Slave Narratives and Diaries | 131 |
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