DuBose Heyward (1885-1940) was a central figure in both the Charleston and the Southern Renaissance. His influence extended to the Harlem Renaissance as well. However, Heyward is often remembered simply as the author of "Porgy," the 1925 novel about the poorest black residents of Charleston, South Carolina. "Porgy"--the novel and its stage versions--has probably done more to shape views worldwide of African American life in the South than any twentieth-century work besides "Gone with the Wind." This volume acquaints readers with writings by Heyward that have been overshadowed by "Porgy,"...
DuBose Heyward (1885-1940) was a central figure in both the Charleston and the Southern Renaissance. His influence extended to the Harlem Renaissan...
Reprint of the Doubleday Doran edition of 1929 which is cited in BCL3. New introduction by Dan H. Doyle. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
Reprint of the Doubleday Doran edition of 1929 which is cited in BCL3. New introduction by Dan H. Doyle. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland...
The fictional characters of Porgy, Bess, Black Maria, Sportin' Life, and the other Gullah denizens of Catfish Row have attained a mythic status and have become inextricably identified with Charleston. This novel is the story of Porgy, a crippled street-beggar in the black tenement. Unwashed and un-wanted, he lives just on the edge of subsistence and trusts his fate to the gods and chance. His one shining moment is his pursuit of Bess, whom he wins and then loses during one summer of passion and violence.
This story by DuBose Heyward is, of course, the origin of George Gershwin's...
The fictional characters of Porgy, Bess, Black Maria, Sportin' Life, and the other Gullah denizens of Catfish Row have attained a mythic status and...