A New Reader of the Old South: Major Stories, Tales, Slave Narratives, Diaries, Travelogues, Poetry and Songs, 1820-1920Ben Forkner, Patrick H. Samway 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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... eyes , gazed at me silently , broodingly , as if I were trespassing ; and by the open window , with her eyes on the ashen November day , the young wife stood as motionless as a statue . While I looked at her a redbird flew out of the ...
... eyes , gazed at me silently , broodingly , as if I were trespassing ; and by the open window , with her eyes on the ashen November day , the young wife stood as motionless as a statue . While I looked at her a redbird flew out of the ...
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... eyes were reproachful and deprived - looking . If their secluded hearts ventured even in thought towards the plumings natural to their age , their coarse , homely , ill - fitting garments anathematized any coquettish effort or naïve ...
... eyes were reproachful and deprived - looking . If their secluded hearts ventured even in thought towards the plumings natural to their age , their coarse , homely , ill - fitting garments anathematized any coquettish effort or naïve ...
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... eyes , an ' say , ' Hit don ' meck no difference , ' an ' he glance up an ' cotch her eye , an ' , jes dout a wud , he tyah a gret piece right out de silk an ' slipt it in he bosom , an ' when he got up , he say , right low , lookin ...
... eyes , an ' say , ' Hit don ' meck no difference , ' an ' he glance up an ' cotch her eye , an ' , jes dout a wud , he tyah a gret piece right out de silk an ' slipt it in he bosom , an ' when he got up , he say , right low , lookin ...
Contents
A Plantation Echo | 106 |
The Edisto Raftsman | 122 |
Selections from Slave Narratives and Diaries | 131 |
Copyright | |
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