Southern Writers. Biographical and Critical Studies No.3. Irwin Russell. September, 1896.
Nashville, TN: Barbee & Smith, Agents, 1896. Staplebound. Pp. 97-136 Covers toned and stained along the spine.
Biography of the southern writer known for his dialect poems with stereotypical depictions of African-Americans in the antebellum south. Part of the author’s series of monthly biographies that aimed “to give a tolerably complete survey of that literary movement which, beginning about 1870, has spread over the entire South.” The series include biographical introductions to Sidney Lanier, Margaret J. Preston, George Washington Cable, and others who were “considered typical and representative of the best that has been produced in this new era.”.
Cat.No: 304852
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