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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... negroes are vociferously prominent as hackmen , wharfmen , and public servants generally ; but they do not like to leave the town and settle down to hard work on the worn - out hills at the back of the city . On the bluffs , some three ...
... negroes are vociferously prominent as hackmen , wharfmen , and public servants generally ; but they do not like to leave the town and settle down to hard work on the worn - out hills at the back of the city . On the bluffs , some three ...
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... negroes listened intently , making whispered comments on his remarks . They were far from friendly toward Young , as he was a candidate for re - election to the Legislature against a white man who had a notoriously evil reputation as a ...
... negroes listened intently , making whispered comments on his remarks . They were far from friendly toward Young , as he was a candidate for re - election to the Legislature against a white man who had a notoriously evil reputation as a ...
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... negroes call their prayer - house . The owner of one of these 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 ...
... negroes call their prayer - house . The owner of one of these 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 ...
Contents
A Plantation Echo | 106 |
The Edisto Raftsman | 122 |
Selections from Slave Narratives and Diaries | 131 |
Copyright | |
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