A New Reader of the Old South: Major Stories, Tales, Slave Narratives, Diaries, Travelogues, Poetry and Songs, 1820-1920The 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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She was one of the Yardlys that lived over yonder at Yardly's Field ; an ' when young Mr. Alan begun to take notice of her , ' twas the first time sence way back that one of the Jur'dn's had gone courtin ' outside the family .
She was one of the Yardlys that lived over yonder at Yardly's Field ; an ' when young Mr. Alan begun to take notice of her , ' twas the first time sence way back that one of the Jur'dn's had gone courtin ' outside the family .
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“ Ev'ywhar you tun you see a nigger teef , ' cause dee all warn see de young mistis whar good ' nough for Marse George . “ Dee ain ' gwine be married tell de next fall , ' count o ' Miss Charlotte bein ' so young ; but she jes good as ...
“ Ev'ywhar you tun you see a nigger teef , ' cause dee all warn see de young mistis whar good ' nough for Marse George . “ Dee ain ' gwine be married tell de next fall , ' count o ' Miss Charlotte bein ' so young ; but she jes good as ...
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Mr. Young then proceeded to explain to them that Northern sentiment was beginning to rebel against the misrule at the South , and that the colored voters throughout the State must be " wise in time . " The listeners shook their heads ...
Mr. Young then proceeded to explain to them that Northern sentiment was beginning to rebel against the misrule at the South , and that the colored voters throughout the State must be " wise in time . " The listeners shook their heads ...
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