| Description |
1 online resource (216 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
"The lives of Joseph Addison, Joseph Addison Turner, and Joel Chandler Harris intersected in Civil War-era Georgia thanks to a slaveowner who was more interested in literature than in running his plantation. Addison was a British literary giant who was admired by a planter in the American South; the planter named his son after the British writer-publisher and collected his books. Growing up, the young J.A. Turner read Addison and was inspired by him. Later, Turner tried and failed at publishing magazines, poems, books, and articles, all while running the plantation. When the Civil War broke out, Turner realized he could install a printing press in a plantation outbuilding. His journal, The Countryman, was the only newspaper ever published on a slaveholding plantation. Then the third Joe showed up: Joel Chandler Harris (as a boy, he was called Joe), who became Turner's apprentice. Turner's journal was widely read within the Confederacy and celebrated Southern culture. The paper collapsed at the end of the Civil War, and Turner died a few years later. Harris had often joined Turner's children in the plantation's slave cabins, listening to the fantastical animal stories the Negroes told. Young Harris recognized the tales' subversive theme of the downtrodden outwitting the powerful. He began publishing these stories in the voice of an elderly slave he called Uncle Remus. The popular tales influenced writers like Twain, Kipling, and Beatrix Potter. Author Julie Williams noticed the links between her Joseph, Joe, and Joel and brings to life the literary gifts of Joseph Addison, Joseph Addison Turner, and Joel Chandler Harris -- her "three not-so-ordinary Joes"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Contents |
Intro; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Chapter 1: Uncle Remus and the Little Girl: Atlanta, Georgia-1913; Chapter 2: Joseph Addison Turner: Eatonton, Georgia-1860; Chapter 3: Joseph Addison: Lichfield, England-1683; Chapter 4: Joe Turner: Lane-Turner Plantation, Nine Miles from Eatonton, Georgia-1834; Chapter 5: Joe Turner: Lane-Turner Plantation, Near Eatonton, Georgia-1842; Chapter 6: Joe Turner, Author and Editor: Eatonton, Georgia-1846; Chapter 7: Joseph Addison Turner, Family Man: Monk Hall Plantation, Near Eatonton, Georgia-1851. |
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Chapter 8: Joe Harris: Eatonton, Georgia, USA-1856 chapter 9: J.A. Turner: Turnwold Plantation, Georgia, USA-1857; Chapter 10: Joseph Addison: London, England-1711; Chapter 11: J.A. Turner: Turnwold Plantation, Georgia, Confederate States of America-1862; A Selection of Photographs Appears after Page 112; Chapter 12: Joe Harris, Printer's Devil: Turnwold Plantation, Georgia, CSA-1862; Chapter 13: Joe Syd Turner and George Terrell: Turnwold Plantation, Georgia, CSA-1863; Chapter 14: Joseph Addison Turner: Turnwold Plantation, Georgia, CSA-1864. |
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Chapter 15: J.A. Turner: Georgia, of no country-1865 Chapter 16: Joel Chandler Harris: Atlanta, Georgia-1876; Chapter 17: Southern Literature and Reconciliation: 1881; Chapter 18: Dorothy Schwab Congleton: Raleigh, North Carolina, USA-1975; Contradictions and Credits; Notes; Photo Sources; Index. |
| Source of description |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 07, 2019). |
| Subject |
American literature -- Southern States -- History and criticism.
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Authors, English -- 18th century -- Influence.
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Newspaper publishing -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
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Authors, American -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
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Georgia -- Intellectual life -- 19th century.
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Southern States -- In literature.
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Écrivains anglais -- 18e siècle -- Influence. |
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Entreprises de presse -- États-Unis -- Histoire -- 19e siècle. |
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Écrivains américains -- 19e siècle -- Histoire et critique. |
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Géorgie (État) -- Vie intellectuelle -- 19e siècle. |
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États-Unis (Sud) -- Dans la littérature. |
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General. bisacsh |
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American literature. fast |
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Art appreciation. fast |
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Authors, American. fast |
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Intellectual life. fast |
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Literature. fast |
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Newspaper publishing. fast |
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Georgia. fast |
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Southern States. fast |
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United States. fast |
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Criticism, interpretation, etc. |
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History. |
| Alternate Title |
Founding of Southern literature. |
| ISBN |
9781603064132
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1603064133
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| Music # |
EB00774966 |
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