Joel Chandler Harris, Folklorist
Joel Chandler Harris, Folklorist

Author: Stella Brewer Brookes

Publisher: University of Georgia Press

Published: 2009-05-01

Total Pages: 202

ISBN-13: 0820334375

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Stella Brewer Brookes's study of the life and work of Joel Chandler Harris was published in 1950. Brookes examines how Harris drew on his extensive knowledge of African American folklore and culture to create the characters in his work. Brookes classifies the Uncle Remus books under seven major categories: trickster tales, other "creeturs," myths, supernatural tales, proverbs, dialect, and songs.

Uncle Remus Stories (Annotated)
Uncle Remus Stories (Annotated)

Author: Joel Chandler Harris

Publisher: BookRix

Published: 2014-05-20

Total Pages: 212

ISBN-13: 373681240X

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Uncle Remus Stories (1906) by Joel Chandler Harris (1845-1908), with illustratrions. Uncle Remus is a collection of animal stories, songs, and oral folklore, collected from Southern United States African-Americans. Many of the stories are didactic, much like those of Aesop's Fables and the stories of Jean de La Fontaine. Uncle Remus is a kindly old former slave who serves as a storytelling device, passing on the folktales to children gathered around him. Br'er Rabbit ("Brother Rabbit") is the main character of the stories, a likable character, prone to tricks and trouble-making who is often opposed by Br'er Fox and Br'er Bear. In one tale, Br'er Fox constructs a lump of tar and puts clothing on it. When Br'er Rabbit comes along he addresses the "tar baby" amiably, but receives no response. Br'er Rabbit becomes offended by what he perceives as Tar Baby's lack of manners, punches it, and becomes stuck.

Nights with Uncle Remus
Nights with Uncle Remus

Author: Joel Chandler Harris

Publisher:

Published: 1883

Total Pages: 494

ISBN-13:

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Drafts, autograph manuscript, corrected, of the introduction and chapters 37 and 39 through 71.

The Favorite Uncle Remus
The Favorite Uncle Remus

Author: Joel Chandler Harris

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Published: 1948

Total Pages: 328

ISBN-13: 9780395068007

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A collection of 60 stories taken from seven of the Uncle Remus books.

Uncle Remus
Uncle Remus

Author: Joel Chandler Harris

Publisher: Book Jungle

Published: 2006-01-01

Total Pages: 292

ISBN-13: 9781594623622

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I am advised by my publishers that this book is to be included in their catalogue of humorous publications, and this friendly warning gives me an opportunity to say that however humorous it may be in effect, its intention is perfectly serious; and, even if it were otherwise, it seems to me that a volume written wholly in dialect must have its solemn, not to say melancholy, features. With respect to the Folk-Lore series, my purpose has been to preserve the legends themselves in their original simplicity, and to wed them permanently to the quaint dialect-if, indeed, it can be called a dialect-through the medium of which they have become a part of the domestic history of every Southern family; and I have endeavored to give to the whole a genuine flavor of the old plantation...

Brer Rabbit, Uncle Remus, and the "Cornfield Journalist"
Brer Rabbit, Uncle Remus, and the

Author: Walter M. Brasch

Publisher:

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 448

ISBN-13:

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Brasch defends the accuracy of Harris's literary depiction of both American Black English and Reconstruction Georgia. Brasch also examines the nature of fame and places a variety of other social and political issues in the context of this major American writer.