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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Page 118
... dyah as blackberries on de blackberry bush , ' cause ev'y gal on de plantation wuz dyah , shakin ' her foot for some young buck , an ' back - steppin ' for to go ' long . Dem ole sleepers wuz jes a - rockin ' , an ' Jack Forester he wuz ...
... dyah as blackberries on de blackberry bush , ' cause ev'y gal on de plantation wuz dyah , shakin ' her foot for some young buck , an ' back - steppin ' for to go ' long . Dem ole sleepers wuz jes a - rockin ' , an ' Jack Forester he wuz ...
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... dyah , but I ain ' mine dat , chile . Nancy she done had to wrop her arms up in her ap'on , an ' she kyarn meck no zistance ' tall , an ' jes dis nigger ain ' keerin nuttin ' bout cold den . " An ' jes den two ladies come out de ...
... dyah , but I ain ' mine dat , chile . Nancy she done had to wrop her arms up in her ap'on , an ' she kyarn meck no zistance ' tall , an ' jes dis nigger ain ' keerin nuttin ' bout cold den . " An ' jes den two ladies come out de ...
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... dyah dead , hit too late for him ever to know it . " Well , suh , I couldn ' teck it in dat Marse George and Reveller wuz dead , an ' jes den somebody say Marse George done comin ' to , an ' dee gi ' me so much whiskey I went to sleep ...
... dyah dead , hit too late for him ever to know it . " Well , suh , I couldn ' teck it in dat Marse George and Reveller wuz dead , an ' jes den somebody say Marse George done comin ' to , an ' dee gi ' me so much whiskey I went to sleep ...
Contents
A Plantation Echo | 106 |
The Edisto Raftsman | 122 |
Selections from Slave Narratives and Diaries | 131 |
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