Carolina chansons

Legends of the Low Country

Pages: 58
Published: 1922
Language: English

This collection of poems, penned by DuBose Heyward and Hervey Allen, offers a lyrical exploration of South Carolina. Published in 1922, the 'chansons' evoke the spirit and landscape of the region through verse. It provides a window into the cultural and natural essence of the American South in the early 20th century.

Prose complexity: 7/10

Reflective Atmospheric Nostalgic

Classics Poetry

Authors

DuBose Heyward

South Carolinan author best known for his 1925 novel Porgy, which gave way to a Broadway adaptation, stage opera and motion picture in later years. He told the story of his lone children's book, 1939's The Country Bunny and the Little Gold Shoes, to his daughter Jenifer.

Hervey Allen

William Hervey Allen was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA). His first book, Wampum and Old Gold, was awarded the Yale Younger Poets Prize. Allen is best known for his work Anthony Adverse. He also planned a series of novels about colonial America called The Disinherited. He completed three works in the series: The Forest and the Fort (1943), Bedford Village (1944), and Toward the Morning (1948). The novels tell the story of Salathiel Albine, a frontiersman kidnapped as a boy by Shawnee Indi...