Nights with Uncle Remus
Publishing Details
Nights with Uncle Remus
By (Author) Joel Chandler Harris
Introduction by Bruce Bickley
Introduction by John Bickley
Penguin Random House Australia
Penguin Random House Australia
28th October 2003
Australia
Classifications
General
Fiction
Short stories
FIC
Physical Properties
384
Width 129mm, Height 196mm, Spine 21mm
300g
Description
Nights with Uncle Remus gathers seventy-one of Joel Chandler Harris's most popular stories of the Antebellum South, including the classic trickster tales of Brer rabbit, creation myths, Sea Island legends, chilling ghost stories, and the indispensable 'The Moon in the Mill-Pond.' Told through the distinctive voices of four slave storytellers, these anthropomorphic tales have not only created cultural icons like the 'Tar baby,' but have inspired writers from Mark Twain to William Faulkner, Zora Neale Hurston to Toni Morrison, and helped revolutionise modern children's literature and folktale collecting.
Author Bio
Joel Chandler Harris (1845-1908) authored 185 Uncle Remus tales, as well as other short fiction, novels, and children's stories. Bruce Bickley is professor of English at Florida State University and the author of six books on Joel Chandler Harris.
