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Literary Charleston and the Lowcountry

Author : Curtis Worthington
Publisher : Literary Cities
ISBN 13 : 9781595340795
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (47 download)

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Download or read book Literary Charleston and the Lowcountry written by Curtis Worthington and published by Literary Cities. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The different faces of Charleston, South Carolina, have created curiosity and wonder among writers for centuries. In Literary Charleston and the Lowcountry, Curtis Worthington compiles this intriguing and surprising, first-ever collection of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry selections by thirty-four local and internationally acclaimed authors. It provides a rich tapestry of one of the most popular tourist destinations worldwide. The stories of this often mysterious and much-loved Colonial city is revealed through the eyes of writers who lived there or visited over the centuries. From the winding back alleys and ringing church bells of the historic district, to the expansive former plantations of the Low Country, to the seductive dune and white sands of nearby beaches, Literary Charleston and the Lowcountry presents a picture of Charleston never fully explored or appreciated, until now. Contributors include: William Bartram, William Gilmore Simms, Edgar Allen Poe, Henry James, Amy Lowell, Debose Heyward, Josephine Pickney, John Galsworthy, James Dickey, Pat Conroy, Shelby Foote, William Price Fox, Harlan Greene, Josephine Humphreys, Walker Percy, Padgett Powell, Louis D. Rubin Jr., Andy Warhol, and sixteen others.

Literary Charleston

Author : Curtis Worthington
Publisher : Wyrick
ISBN 13 : 9780941711173
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (111 download)

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Download or read book Literary Charleston written by Curtis Worthington and published by Wyrick. This book was released on 1996 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Literary Charleston: A Lowcountry Reader Curtis Worthington Charleston and the surrounding lowcountry of South Carolina have stimulated a host of literary endeavors and accomplishments. In this amthology, Editor Worthington has assembled a chronological selection of generous excerpts from some of the best writers who haved lived in CHarleston and/or used it as a locale, including William Bartram, William Gilmore Simms, Edgar Allan Poe, Henry James, Amy Lowell, Owen Wister, DuBose Heyward, Josephine Humphreys, James Dickey, Pat Conroy, and others. A Forward by distinguished scholar and author Louis D. Rubin, Jr. and a Indroduction by the editor provide an overview of Charleston's rich literary history and a reationale for the inclusion of the authors and the works in this anthology. Back Flap Copy About the Editor Curtis Worthington brought up in Charleston, South Carolina and is descended from the Calhoun, Pickens, and other notable South Carolina families. Educated in Montreal, South Florida, and Oxford, he is the author of occasional critical writing and literary history. He is a member of the Board of Governors of the South Carolina Academy of Authors. In 1967, he received the "Skylark Prize" from the Poetry Society of South Carolina. He has traveled extensively in Europe, the Pacific and southeast Asia and is a practicing neurosurgeon in Charleston. Cover Art: Charleston--The Celebrated Southern Port Iver The Rooftops in 1870 by John Stobart. Reproduced by permission of the artist.

A Talent for Living

Author : Barbara L. Bellows
Publisher : LSU Press
ISBN 13 : 0807131636
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (71 download)

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Download or read book A Talent for Living written by Barbara L. Bellows and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 2006-06-21 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Josephine Pinckney (1895--1957) was an award-winning, best-selling author whose work critics frequently compared to that of Jane Austen, Edith Wharton, and Isak Dinesen. Her flair for storytelling and trenchant social commentary found expression in poetry, five novels -- Three O'Clock Dinner was the most successful -- stories, essays, and reviews. Pinckney belonged to a distinguished South Carolina family and often used Charleston as her setting, writing in the tradition of Ellen Glasgow by blending social realism with irony, tragedy, and humor in chronicling the foibles of the South's declining upper class. Barbara L. Bellows has produced the first biography of this very private woman and emotionally complex writer, whose life story is also the history of a place and time -- Charleston in the first half of the twentieth century. In A Talent for Living, Pinckney's life unfolds like a novel as she struggles to escape aristocratic codes and the ensnaring bonds of southern ladyhood and to embrace modern freedoms. In 1920, with DuBose Heyward and Hervey Allen, she founded the Poetry Society of South Carolina, which helped spark the southern literary renaissance. Her home became a center of intellectual activity with visitors such as the poet Amy Lowell, the charismatic presidential candidate Wendell Willkie, and the founding editor of theSaturday Review of Literature Henry Seidel Canby. Sophisticated and cosmopolitan, she absorbed popular contemporary influences, particularly that of Freudian psychology, even as she retained an almost Gothic imagination shaped in her youth by the haunting, tragic beauty of the Low Country and its mystical Gullah culture. A skilled stylist, Pinckney excelled in creating memorable characters, but she never scripted an individual as engaging or intriguing as herself. Bellows offers a fascinating, exhaustively researched portrait of this onetime cultural icon and her well-concealed personal life.

Lowcountry

Author : John Allman
Publisher : New Directions Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780811217101
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (171 download)

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Download or read book Lowcountry written by John Allman and published by New Directions Publishing. This book was released on 2007 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A moving and eloquent new collection of poetry celebrating Allman's winter home in South Carolina.

Things We Surrender

Author : Heidi Hostetter
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780996133753
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (337 download)

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Download or read book Things We Surrender written by Heidi Hostetter and published by . This book was released on 2018-02-21 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Family has to take you in, no matter how many mistakes you've made. At least that's what Joanna Rutledge Reed thought. At eighteen, she left her family's ancestral home in Charleston, South Carolina, despite promising to stay. For years, she did whatever she wanted, barely giving her family a second thought. But a string of bad decisions results in heartbreak, forcing her to return home, her life in tatters. While her wayward sister traveled the world, Marcy remained in Charleston, caring for her aging grandmother and managing the family business. And she's got problems of her own that no one seems to notice or care about. When Joanna arrives unexpectedly, Marcy bristles at the intrusion, suspicious of her sister's motives. As Joanna picks up the threads of her old life, she discovers things are not what they appear to be. Painful memories and secrets resurface, leading Joanna to question everything she thought she knew about her family. When her life begins to crash around her again, she needs her sister more than ever. Set against the rich tapestry of Charleston, South Carolina, three generations of strong Southern women share a history and not-quite-forgotten secrets. Will the bonds they forged years ago be strong enough to give them a second chance at being a family?

Low-Ku

Author : Pamela Brownstein
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780578985145
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (851 download)

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Download or read book Low-Ku written by Pamela Brownstein and published by . This book was released on 2021-09-30 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Low-Ku: Haikus of the Lowcountry" is a children's book that explores themes unique to the Lowcountry of South Carolina through original poetry and colorful, stylized illustrations. From sweetgrass baskets to oyster roasts, the book combines compelling images and playful language to create a delightful literary journey that engages readers of all ages while capturing the essense of the culture, traditions and natural beauty of this dynamic coastal region.

Our Charleston

Author : Ann Thrash
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780615324111
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (241 download)

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Download or read book Our Charleston written by Ann Thrash and published by . This book was released on 2009-10-30 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Lessons of a Lowcountry Summer

Author : Rochelle Alers
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0743488989
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (434 download)

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Download or read book Lessons of a Lowcountry Summer written by Rochelle Alers and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2004-05-04 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From national bestselling author Rochelle Alers comes the unforgettable story of three strangers whose lives are forever changed on a sultry island off the South Carolina coast. Dr. Hope Sutton has everything she's always wanted: a winning career as an advice columnist and a hard-lovin' man who is not afraid to commit. But just when she's ready to settle down she finds out her man's been living a double life. Now she has to get a new one of her own—starting with a soul-searching trip to McKinnon Island. Rebecca Owns is a devoted wife and stay-at-home mother in desperate need of a vacation—alone. But will spending the summer on McKinnon Island help her to get it together...or will she be tearing her family apart? Theodore Howell has had a lot of success as a screenwriter. But his personal life? It's a mess. Suddenly the guardian of two half brothers and a half sister, how will this tried-and-true bachelor find room in his life for surrogate fatherhood and his demanding career? Their answers lie somewhere on sandy shores...

Our Charleston

Author : Robie Scott
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780615252711
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (527 download)

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Download or read book Our Charleston written by Robie Scott and published by . This book was released on 2008-09-01 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Charleston

Author : Margaret Bradham Thornton
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0062332546
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (623 download)

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Download or read book Charleston written by Margaret Bradham Thornton and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2014-07-29 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A gifted writer makes her fiction debut with this lyrical and haunting story of missed chances and enduring love, set against the backdrop of high society Charleston, which probes the eternal question: can we ever truly go home again? When Eliza Poinsett left the elegant world of Charleston for college, she never expected it would take her ten years to return. Now almost a decade later, she is an art historian in London with a charming Etonian boyfriend who adores her. But the past catches up with her when she runs into Henry, her childhood love, at a wedding in the English countryside. Already unnerved by the encounter, Eliza’s carefully guarded equilibrium is shattered when she meets Henry again in Charleston, where she’s come for her stepsister’s debut. Set against a backdrop of stately homes, the seductive Lowcountry landscape, and the entangled lives of families who trace their ancestors back for generations, Eliza has to decide if she is willing to risk everything for which she has worked so hard to be with the only man she has ever truly loved. Charleston is an evocative, melancholy novel about one woman’s love—for both a man and an unforgettable city. Emotionally resonant, beguiling in its atmosphere, it illuminates the elusive notion of home, and explores whether we can we truly ever go back to the place—and the people—that indelibly shaped us.

A Gentleman in Charleston and the Manner of His Death

Author : William Baldwin
Publisher : Univ of South Carolina Press
ISBN 13 : 1611175585
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (111 download)

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Download or read book A Gentleman in Charleston and the Manner of His Death written by William Baldwin and published by Univ of South Carolina Press. This book was released on 2014-09-03 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Baldwin again proves himself to be a writer uniquely adept at bridging high art with the wild ride of a page-turning southern yarn.” —Bret Lott, national bestselling author of Jewel Once deemed “the most powerful man in the South,” Charleston newspaper editor Frank Dawson met his violent death on March 12, 1889, at the hands of his neighbor, a disreputable doctor who was attempting to seduce the Dawson family governess. With a southern storyteller’s passion for intricate emotional and physical details, Baldwin, through the fictional guise of Capt. David Lawton, chronicles editor Dawson’s fated end. Having survived three years of bloody Civil War combat and the decade of violent Reconstruction that followed, the liberal-minded Lawton is now an embattled newspaperman whose national importance is on the wane. Still, he remains a celebrated member of Charleston’s elite, while in private life moving amid a pantheon of proud and beautiful women—Sarah, his brilliant wife; Abbie, his sensual sister-in-law; Mary, the all-knowing prostitute; and Hélène, the discontented Swiss governess—each contributing to an unfolding drama of history-haunted turmoil. War, earthquake, political guile, adultery, illegitimacy, lust, and murder—all the devices of gothic romance—play a role in this tale closely based on the lives of Charlestonians who lived these events over a century ago. “William Baldwin is that rare southern writer who writes for all people of all time. As I read his beautiful words in A Gentleman in Charleston and the Manner of His Death I walked the Holy City’s streets with my ancestors and, believe me, I never wanted the trip to end. This is an important book and a wonderful rich story.” —Dorothea Benton Frank, New York Times–bestselling author

Renaissance in Charleston

Author : James M. Hutchisson
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
ISBN 13 : 9780820325187
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (251 download)

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Download or read book Renaissance in Charleston written by James M. Hutchisson and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The essays tell how these and other individuals faced the tensions and contradictions of their time and place. While some traced their lineage back to the city's first families, others were relative newcomers. Some broke new ground racially and sexually as well as artistically; others perpetuated the myths of the Old South. Some were censured at home but praised in New York, London, and Paris. The essays also underscore the significance and growth of such cultural institutions as the Poetry Society of South Carolina, the Charleston Museum, and the Gibbes Art Gallery."--BOOK JACKET.

Folly Beach

Author : Dorothea Benton Frank
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0062091409
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (62 download)

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Download or read book Folly Beach written by Dorothea Benton Frank and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2011-06-14 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Dottie Frank’s books are sexy and hilarious. She has staked out the lowcountry of South Carolina as her personal literary property.” —Pat Conroy, author of The Prince of Tides and South of Broad The incomparable Dorothea Benton Frank is back with her latest Lowcountry Novel, Folly Beach. As she has with Lowcountry Summer, Return to Sullivans Island, Land of Mango Sunsets, and so many other delightful literal excursions to this magical Southern locale, the perennial New York Times bestselling author enchants readers with a heart-warming tale of loss, acceptance, family, and love—as a woman returns to the past to find her future. Folly Beach is a constant delight from “a masterful storyteller” (Booklist) who has already secured her place alongside Anne Rivers Siddons, Sue Monk Kidd, Rebecca Wells, Barbara Delinsky and other contemporary queens of bestselling women’s fiction.

Bulls Island

Author : Dorothea Benton Frank
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0061734233
Total Pages : 516 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (617 download)

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Download or read book Bulls Island written by Dorothea Benton Frank and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2008-07-08 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Dottie Frank’s books are sexy and hilarious. She has staked out the lowcountry of South Carolina as her personal literary property.” —Pat Conroy, author of The Prince of Tides Bulls Island is a supremely satisfying tale of honor, chance, and star-crossed love, infused with Southern wit, grace, and charm, from the phenomenal New York Times bestseller Dorothea Benton Frank. The much beloved author of Plantation, Return to Sullivan’s Island, Land of Mango Sunsets, and a host of other winning novels of the North Carolina lowcountry, Frank stands tall alongside Anne Rivers Siddons, Sue Monk Kidd, Rebecca Wells and the other masters of contemporary southern women’s fiction. Devoted Dottie Frank fans and newcomers alike will adore this sun-drenched story of the uncomfortable homecoming of a former Bulls Islander who plans to transform the unspoiled paradise for profit…and her inevitable reencounter with the scion of a wealthy family whom she once was scheduled to marry until cruel innuendo destroyed their engagement.

The Waves & Storms of Reality

Author : Lowcountry Students
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (871 download)

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Download or read book The Waves & Storms of Reality written by Lowcountry Students and published by . This book was released on 2024-06-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Why We Never Danced the Charleston

Author : Harlan Greene
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1625844905
Total Pages : 153 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (258 download)

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Download or read book Why We Never Danced the Charleston written by Harlan Greene and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2005-06-01 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The cult classic novel set in the gay underground of 1920s Charleston—with a new afterword by the Lambda Literary Award-winning author. South Carolina, 1920s. For those young men and women fortunate enough to come from the right families, life in Charleston was a party—one where the latest craze was a strange new dance called “The Charleston.” But some young men were forced to seek their romances in the shadows—where judgment and the law have trouble identifying exactly who is who. Decades later, whispers emerge of something baffling and tragic that happened back then. As an old man confronts those demanding the truth, a story of love, betrayal and the deadly consequences of repression unfolds. A cult favorite by the author of What the Dead Remember and The German Officer’s Boy, Harlan Greene’s debut novel is restored to print with a new afterword revealing the facts upon which it is based.

The Golden Christmas

Author : William Gilmore Simms
Publisher : Univ of South Carolina Press
ISBN 13 : 9781570036125
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (361 download)

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Download or read book The Golden Christmas written by William Gilmore Simms and published by Univ of South Carolina Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A holiday romance, rich in historical particulars, from South Carolina's foremost writer Rife with historical details and peppered with comic characters, The Golden Christmas remains a timeless tale of South Carolina's rich holiday heritage. Originally published in 1852, William Gilmore Simms's classic lowcountry romance chronicles the social customs and Christmas traditions of an antebellum plantation near Charleston. Drawing influence from Romeo and Juliet and A Christmas Carol, Simms centers his plot on the pride of a Huguenot family, the prejudice of an English family, and the plight of star-crossed lovers, Ned Bulmer and Paula Bonneau, to win the blessings of both feuding houses amid a festive and frantic holiday season. Simms populates his novel with a lively cast--a learned Northern professor, a young English nobleman, opinionated widows, a blustery plantation owner, a condescending servant, a pig-thieving coachman, and a good-hearted barrister. Interwoven into the text are engrossing details about the lavish decorations and festivities that were the hallmark of Christmas celebrations in the antebellum South. Vibrant fireworks, candles nestled in holly, games of whist and backgammon, Yule logs, eggnog, and a visit from Father Chrystmasse all play their parts as the narrative unfolds. Here, too, are accurate descriptions of dress, dialogue, recreation, cultural mores, social hierarchy, and a vivid tableau of a shopping trip to Charleston's King, Queen, and Meeting streets in the 1850s. Equal parts novel of manners and comic romance, The Golden Christmas is now, as it has always been, a holiday gift to lovers of Southern lore from South Carolina's most famous author. This edition includes an introduction by Simms historian David Aiken.