Author: Joel Chandler Harris
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 150
Book Description
Uncle Remus and Brer Rabbit
Author: Joel Chandler Harris
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 150
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 150
Book Description
Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings
Author: Joel Chandler Harris
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781500525385
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 98
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 scenes, 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.
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781500525385
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 98
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 scenes, 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.
Nights with Uncle Remus
Author: Joel Chandler Harris
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : African American folklore
Languages : en
Pages : 500
Book Description
Traditional tales told by slaves, written in dialect.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : African American folklore
Languages : en
Pages : 500
Book Description
Traditional tales told by slaves, written in dialect.
Joel Chandler Harris
Author: R. Bruce Bickley, Jr.
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
ISBN: 0820331856
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
This biography and critical study reconstructs Harris's life and career from his humble origins as an illegitimate child and plantation-newspaper printer's devil through his years in Macon, Forsyth, Savannah, and Atlanta. When Harris died in 1908, his national and international popularity rivaled his friend Mark Twain's. A psychologically complex person, Harris became an accomplished Southern local colorist who left multiple legacies as an American humorist, folklorist, New South journalist, children's writer, and author. He helped make the Old South New. Harris's Uncle Remus trickster tales derive primarily from transplanted Senegambian African folklore and are rhetorically and sociologically complex representations of the often predatory world of Old South slave life--where survival depends on trickery, wit, and will pitted against the brute strength of overseers and masters. Controversial today because he was a white man retelling black folk narratives, Harris nevertheless helped preserve the trickster tale-cycle and promote black folk-tale collecting, generally; hundreds of scholars and linguists have studied his works. Harris also made Brer Rabbit, the tar baby, and the briar patch popular-culture icons, and his highly believable animal characters and dialogues influenced the techniques of Rudyard Kipling, A. A. Milne, Beatrix Potter, E. B. White, and other children's authors. Finally, Harris's poor white and African American characters and narratives have left their mark on writers from his time to our times--from Twain to Zora Neale Hurston, William Faulkner, Flannery O'Connor, Ralph Ellison, and Toni Morrison.
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
ISBN: 0820331856
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
This biography and critical study reconstructs Harris's life and career from his humble origins as an illegitimate child and plantation-newspaper printer's devil through his years in Macon, Forsyth, Savannah, and Atlanta. When Harris died in 1908, his national and international popularity rivaled his friend Mark Twain's. A psychologically complex person, Harris became an accomplished Southern local colorist who left multiple legacies as an American humorist, folklorist, New South journalist, children's writer, and author. He helped make the Old South New. Harris's Uncle Remus trickster tales derive primarily from transplanted Senegambian African folklore and are rhetorically and sociologically complex representations of the often predatory world of Old South slave life--where survival depends on trickery, wit, and will pitted against the brute strength of overseers and masters. Controversial today because he was a white man retelling black folk narratives, Harris nevertheless helped preserve the trickster tale-cycle and promote black folk-tale collecting, generally; hundreds of scholars and linguists have studied his works. Harris also made Brer Rabbit, the tar baby, and the briar patch popular-culture icons, and his highly believable animal characters and dialogues influenced the techniques of Rudyard Kipling, A. A. Milne, Beatrix Potter, E. B. White, and other children's authors. Finally, Harris's poor white and African American characters and narratives have left their mark on writers from his time to our times--from Twain to Zora Neale Hurston, William Faulkner, Flannery O'Connor, Ralph Ellison, and Toni Morrison.
The Favorite Uncle Remus
Author: Joel Chandler Harris
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780395068007
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
A collection of 60 stories taken from seven of the Uncle Remus books.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780395068007
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
A collection of 60 stories taken from seven of the Uncle Remus books.
Uncle Remus Stories (Annotated)
Author: Joel Chandler Harris
Publisher: BookRix
ISBN: 373681240X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 219
Book Description
Uncle Remus Stories (1906) by Joel Chandler Harris (1845-1908), with illustratrions. Uncle Remus is a collection of animal stories, songs, and oral folklore, collected from Southern United States African-Americans. Many of the stories are didactic, much like those of Aesop's Fables and the stories of Jean de La Fontaine. Uncle Remus is a kindly old former slave who serves as a storytelling device, passing on the folktales to children gathered around him. Br'er Rabbit ("Brother Rabbit") is the main character of the stories, a likable character, prone to tricks and trouble-making who is often opposed by Br'er Fox and Br'er Bear. In one tale, Br'er Fox constructs a lump of tar and puts clothing on it. When Br'er Rabbit comes along he addresses the "tar baby" amiably, but receives no response. Br'er Rabbit becomes offended by what he perceives as Tar Baby's lack of manners, punches it, and becomes stuck.
Publisher: BookRix
ISBN: 373681240X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 219
Book Description
Uncle Remus Stories (1906) by Joel Chandler Harris (1845-1908), with illustratrions. Uncle Remus is a collection of animal stories, songs, and oral folklore, collected from Southern United States African-Americans. Many of the stories are didactic, much like those of Aesop's Fables and the stories of Jean de La Fontaine. Uncle Remus is a kindly old former slave who serves as a storytelling device, passing on the folktales to children gathered around him. Br'er Rabbit ("Brother Rabbit") is the main character of the stories, a likable character, prone to tricks and trouble-making who is often opposed by Br'er Fox and Br'er Bear. In one tale, Br'er Fox constructs a lump of tar and puts clothing on it. When Br'er Rabbit comes along he addresses the "tar baby" amiably, but receives no response. Br'er Rabbit becomes offended by what he perceives as Tar Baby's lack of manners, punches it, and becomes stuck.
The Complete Tales of Uncle Remus
Author: Joel Chandler Harris
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780618154296
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 856
Book Description
Brer Fox, Brer Rabbit, and their animal friends populate a series of stories collected on a Georgia plantation during the Civil War.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780618154296
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 856
Book Description
Brer Fox, Brer Rabbit, and their animal friends populate a series of stories collected on a Georgia plantation during the Civil War.
Brer Rabbit, Uncle Remus, and the "Cornfield Journalist"
Author: Walter M. Brasch
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
Brasch defends the accuracy of Harris's literary depiction of both American Black English and Reconstruction Georgia. Brasch also examines the nature of fame and places a variety of other social and political issues in the context of this major American writer.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
Brasch defends the accuracy of Harris's literary depiction of both American Black English and Reconstruction Georgia. Brasch also examines the nature of fame and places a variety of other social and political issues in the context of this major American writer.
Uncle Remus
Author: Joel Chandler Harris
Publisher: Xist Publishing
ISBN: 1681950421
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
Animal Stories, Songs and Folklore from the American South “You can't run away from trouble. Ain't no place that far.” ― Uncle Remus, Joel Chandler Harris Uncle Remus is a collection of African-American stories, songs and oral folklore collected by Joel Chandler Harris. Uncle Remus is a fictional storyteller who shares stories about Br'er Rabbit, a trickster who is often opposed by Br'er Fox and Br'er Bear. Uncle Remus was adapted in the controversial Disney film, The Song of the South and the story characters are still feature in the Disney ride, Splash Mountain. This Xist Classics edition has been professionally formatted for e-readers with a linked table of contents. This eBook also contains a bonus book club leadership guide and discussion questions. We hope you’ll share this book with your friends, neighbors and colleagues and can’t wait to hear what you have to say about it.
Publisher: Xist Publishing
ISBN: 1681950421
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
Animal Stories, Songs and Folklore from the American South “You can't run away from trouble. Ain't no place that far.” ― Uncle Remus, Joel Chandler Harris Uncle Remus is a collection of African-American stories, songs and oral folklore collected by Joel Chandler Harris. Uncle Remus is a fictional storyteller who shares stories about Br'er Rabbit, a trickster who is often opposed by Br'er Fox and Br'er Bear. Uncle Remus was adapted in the controversial Disney film, The Song of the South and the story characters are still feature in the Disney ride, Splash Mountain. This Xist Classics edition has been professionally formatted for e-readers with a linked table of contents. This eBook also contains a bonus book club leadership guide and discussion questions. We hope you’ll share this book with your friends, neighbors and colleagues and can’t wait to hear what you have to say about it.
Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings
Author: Joel Chandler Harris
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description