Author: Joel Chandler HarrisPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : African American men
Languages : en
Pages : 494
Book Description
Drafts, autograph manuscript, corrected, of the introduction and chapters 37 and 39 through 71.
Nights with Uncle Remus
Author: Joel Chandler HarrisPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : African American men
Languages : en
Pages : 494
Book Description
Drafts, autograph manuscript, corrected, of the introduction and chapters 37 and 39 through 71.
Nights With Uncle Remus: Myths and Legends of the Old Plantation
Author: Joel Chandler HarrisPublisher: Library of Alexandria
ISBN: 1465609814
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 998
Book Description
The volume containing an instalment of thirty-four negro legends, which was given to the public three years ago, was accompanied by an apology for both the matter and the manner. Perhaps such an apology is more necessary now than it was then; but the warm reception given to the book on all sides—by literary critics, as well as by ethnologists and students of folk-lore, in this country and in Europe—has led the author to believe that a volume embodying everything, or nearly everything, of importance in the oral literature of the negroes of the Southern States, would be as heartily welcomed. The thirty-four legends in the first volume were merely selections from the large body of plantation folk-lore familiar to the author from his childhood, and these selections were made less with an eye to their ethnological importance than with a view to presenting certain quaint and curious race characteristics, of which the world at large had had either vague or greatly exaggerated notions. The first book, therefore, must be the excuse and apology for the present volume. Indeed, the first book made the second a necessity; for, immediately upon its appearance, letters and correspondence began to pour in upon the author from all parts of the South. Much of this correspondence was very valuable, for it embodied legends that had escaped the author's memory, and contained hints and suggestions that led to some very interesting discoveries. The result is, that the present volume is about as complete as it could be made under the circumstances, though there is no doubt of the existence of legends and myths, especially upon the rice plantations, and Sea Islands of the Georgia and Carolina seacoast, which, owing to the difficulties that stand in the way of those who attempt to gather them, are not included in this collection. It is safe to say, however, that the best and most characteristic of the legends current on the rice plantations and Sea Islands, are also current on the cotton plantations. Indeed, this has been abundantly verified in the correspondence of those who kindly consented to aid the author in his efforts to secure stories told by the negroes on the seacoast. The great majority of legends and stories collected and forwarded by these generous collaborators had already been collected among the negroes on the cotton plantations and uplands of Georgia and other Southern States. This will account for the comparatively meagre contribution which Daddy Jack, the old African of the rice plantations, makes towards the entertainment of the little boy.
Nights with Uncle Remu. Myths and Legends of the Old Plantation
Author: Joel Chandler HarrisPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 338533523X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 486
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1883.
Uncle Remus
Author: Joel Chandler HarrisPublisher: Book Jungle
ISBN: 9781594623622
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
I am advised by my publishers that this book is to be included in their catalogue of humorous publications, and this friendly warning gives me an opportunity to say that however humorous it may be in effect, its intention is perfectly serious; and, even if it were otherwise, it seems to me that a volume written wholly in dialect must have its solemn, not to say melancholy, features. With respect to the Folk-Lore series, my purpose has been to preserve the legends themselves in their original simplicity, and to wed them permanently to the quaint dialect-if, indeed, it can be called a dialect-through the medium of which they have become a part of the domestic history of every Southern family; and I have endeavored to give to the whole a genuine flavor of the old plantation...
British Museum Catalogue of printed Books
Author: Nights with Uncle Remus
Author: Joel Chandler HarrisPublisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101010401
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 385
Book Description
For more than a hundred years, the tales of Joel Chandler Harris have entertained and influenced both readers and writers. Nights with Uncle Remus gathers seventy-one of Harris's most popular narratives, featuring African American trickster tales, etiological myths, Sea Island legends, and chilling ghost stories. Told through the distinct voices of four slave storytellers, indispensable tales like "The Moon in the Mill-Pond" and other Brer Rabbit stories have inspired writers from Mark Twain to William Faulkner, Zora Neale Hurston to Toni Morrison, and helped revolutionize modern children's literature and folktale collecting. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
The American
Author: Robert Ellis ThompsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Political science
Languages : en
Pages : 812
Book Description
Uncle Remus and Brer Rabbit
Author: Joel Chandler HarrisPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 150
Book Description
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