The Power of the Porch Storyteller's Craft in Zora Neale Hurston, Gloria Naylor and Randall Kenan |
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| Author:
| Harris, Trudier |
| Series title: | Mercer University Lamar Memorial Lectures Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8203-1857-8 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 1997 |
| Publisher: | University of Georgia Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $32.95 |
Book Description:
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Southern literature is often celebrated for its "told," rather than "written," qualities. Drawing on her own experiences of front-porch storytelling among family, friends, and neighbors, Trudier Harris looks across the generations of twentieth-century southern writers to focus on three African Americans who possess the "power of the porch."
Southern literature is often celebrated for its "told," rather than "written," qualities. Drawing on her own experiences of front-porch storytelling among family, friends, and neighbors, Trudier Harris looks across the generations of twentieth-century southern writers to focus on three African Americans who possess the "power of the porch."