Joel Chandler Harris

Uncle Remus (eBook, ePUB)

His Songs and His Sayings

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

"Uncle Remus: His Songs and His Sayings" by Joel Chandler Harris is a timeless collection of African American folktales that resonate with the charm and wisdom of the Deep South's oral tradition. Published in 1881, these tales are framed through the character of Uncle Remus, a wise and kindly old freedman who shares stories with children.

Harris's work captures the essence of plantation life and the rich oral history passed down through generations. The book features Br'er Rabbit, a mischievous and cunning protagonist, along with other memorable characters like Br'er Fox and Br'er Bear. These stories, filled with wit and moral lessons, are narrated in a unique eye dialect, reflecting the Deep South Black dialect of the time.

Despite controversies over its representation, this collection remains a significant piece of American literature, praised for preserving the authentic voice and folklore of a pivotal era.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Left of Brain Books
• Seitenzahl: 184
• Altersempfehlung: ab 1 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Januar 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781396324055
• Artikelnr.: 70031837

Autorenporträt

Joel Chandler Harris (1848 - 1908) was an American journalist, fiction writer and folklorist best known for his collection of Uncle Remus stories. Harris was born in Eatonton, Georgia, where he served as an apprentice on a plantation during his teenage years. He spent most of his adult life in Atlanta working as an associate editor at the Atlanta Constitution. Harris led two professional lives: as the editor and journalist known as Joe Harris, he supported a vision of the New South with the editor Henry W. Grady (1880-1889), stressing regional and racial reconciliation after the Reconstruction era. As Joel Chandler Harris, fiction writer and folklorist, he wrote many 'Brer Rabbit' stories from the African-American oral tradition and helped to revolutionize literature in the process. James Weldon Johnson called the Uncle Remus collection "the greatest body of folklore America has produced."