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Uncle Remus: His Songs and His Sayings

Robert E. Hemenway

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Uncle Remus is the fictional title character and narrator of a collection of black American folktales compiled and adapted by Joel Chandler Harris and published in book form in 1881. Harris was a journalist in post-Reconstruction Atlanta, and he produced seven Uncle Remus books. He wrote these stories to represent the struggle in the Southern United States, and more specifically in the plantations. He did so by introducing tales that he had heard and framing them in the plantation context. He wrote his stories in a dialect which represented the voice of the narrators and their subculture. For this choice of framing, his collection has encountered controversy.

Language: English

Pages: 224

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Penguin Classics

Release: September 30, 1982

ISBN: 0140390146

ISBN 13: 9780140390148

Uncle Remus: His Songs and His Sayings

Robert E. Hemenway

3.4/5 ( ratings)

Uncle Remus is the fictional title character and narrator of a collection of black American folktales compiled and adapted by Joel Chandler Harris and published in book form in 1881. Harris was a journalist in post-Reconstruction Atlanta, and he produced seven Uncle Remus books. He wrote these stories to represent the struggle in the Southern United States, and more specifically in the plantations. He did so by introducing tales that he had heard and framing them in the plantation context. He wrote his stories in a dialect which represented the voice of the narrators and their subculture. For this choice of framing, his collection has encountered controversy.

Language: English

Pages: 224

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Penguin Classics

Release: September 30, 1982

ISBN: 0140390146

ISBN 13: 9780140390148

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