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Barr, John Gorman

 
9780817304775: Rowdy Tales from Early Alabama: The Humor of John Gorman Barr
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0817304770 ISBN 13 : 9780817304775
Editeur : University Alabama Press, 1989

Synopsis

The rollicking tales of Old Southwestern humor were a distinctive contribution to American folk culture provided by the frontiersmen of the South and Southwest, a tradition brought to its highest form in the work of Mark Twain. Among the precursors of Twain was John Gorman Barr of Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Like Twain, Barr grew up in a river town, worked in a printing office, and traveled widely; and again like Twain, Barr drew upon the people and places of his home region as the primary sources for his tales.

In addition to the pure entertainment Barr’s stories provide, they also furnish a comprehensive picture of Tuscaloosa and western Alabama in the 1850s—the roaring river town coexisting uneasily with the intellectual sophistication of the recently established University of Alabama.


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Éditeur
University Alabama Press
Date d'édition
1989
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0817304770
ISBN 13 
9780817304775
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
231
Éditeur
Hubbs G. Ward
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