A Southern Life: Letters of Paul Green, 1916-1981University of North Carolina Press, 1994 - Всего страниц: 735 This exceptional collection provides new insight into the life and works of North Carolina writer and activist Paul Green (1894-1981), the first playwright from the South to attract national and international attention for his socially conscious dramas. A native of Harnett County, Green was a devoted teacher of philosophy and drama at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He became a leading member of the generation of writers who launched the southern literary renaissance and played a significant role in creating an authentic drama of black life, winning the Pulitzer Prize for his play In Abraham's Bosom in 1927. From the 1930s until his death in 1981, he devoted much of his energy to the outdoor historical plays he called symphonic dramas, including his longest-running work, The Lost Colony (1937), which is one of several of his plays still performed before large audiences today. Concern for human rights characterized Green's life as well as his plays, and his efforts on behalf of the poor and uneducated led him to advocate the abolition of chain gangs and capital punishment. His crusades were an important contribution to the broader social developments fundamental to the emerging New South in the first half of this century. Laurence Avery has culled and annotated the 329 letters in this volume from over 9,000 existing pieces. Letters to such figures as Sherwood Anderson, Langston Hughes, Richard Wright, John Dos Passos, and Zora Neale Hurston appear throughout. Avery's introduction and full bibliography of the playwright's works and productions give readers a context for understanding Green's life and times. Carl Sandburg called Green "one of the best talkers in theU.S.A". and for Green, letters were just another form of conversation. They are alive with the intellect, buoyant spirit, and sensitivity to the human condition that enabled him to become such a powerful force in his day. |
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... facts with the hope that at some future time a master mind will catch sight of the goal towards which they are , as he ... fact is 28. Norman Förster ( Green marginal note , after 30 May 1980 ) . 29. " You may dispute this but isn't it ...
... facts with the hope that at some future time a master mind will catch sight of the goal towards which they are , as he ... fact is 28. Norman Förster ( Green marginal note , after 30 May 1980 ) . 29. " You may dispute this but isn't it ...
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... fact of war or with themselves in it . This doesn't seem to me fair either to the personnel or the issues involved . For we are at war . We must fight , are fighting . There is no security in taking one's stance on the side and watching ...
... fact of war or with themselves in it . This doesn't seem to me fair either to the personnel or the issues involved . For we are at war . We must fight , are fighting . There is no security in taking one's stance on the side and watching ...
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... fact for generations North Carolina was a sort of hewer of wood and drawer of water commonwealth compared to her swiftly risen aristocratic neighbors north and south . When I was a little boy I heard the old description of Tar Heelia ...
... fact for generations North Carolina was a sort of hewer of wood and drawer of water commonwealth compared to her swiftly risen aristocratic neighbors north and south . When I was a little boy I heard the old description of Tar Heelia ...
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Acknowledgments | ix |
Abbreviations | xxxv |
Paul and Elizabeth Green Family Tree | 2 |
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