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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... Lives that flash in sunshine , and lives that are born in tears , receive their hue from circumstances . None of us ... live . I heard the doctor say I could not survive till morning . I had often prayed for death ; but now I did not ...
... Lives that flash in sunshine , and lives that are born in tears , receive their hue from circumstances . None of us ... live . I heard the doctor say I could not survive till morning . I had often prayed for death ; but now I did not ...
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... Live in Charleston , do ye ? " " No , I live in New York . " " New York - that's a good ways , yet , ain't it ? " " Yes . " " Reckon yer arter a chicken , up here . ” " No. " " Ah , ha - reckon ye are . " The young woman laughed ...
... Live in Charleston , do ye ? " " No , I live in New York . " " New York - that's a good ways , yet , ain't it ? " " Yes . " " Reckon yer arter a chicken , up here . ” " No. " " Ah , ha - reckon ye are . " The young woman laughed ...
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... lives over the river , A few more jumps and I'll be with her . My true love is a blue - eyed daisy , Ef I don ' git ... live fore miles out of town , I am gwine to glory . My strawberries are sweet an ' soun ' I am gwine to glory . My ...
... lives over the river , A few more jumps and I'll be with her . My true love is a blue - eyed daisy , Ef I don ' git ... live fore miles out of town , I am gwine to glory . My strawberries are sweet an ' soun ' I am gwine to glory . My ...
Contents
A Plantation Echo | 106 |
The Edisto Raftsman | 122 |
Selections from Slave Narratives and Diaries | 131 |
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