Project Gutenberg 2005-06-14 Public domain in the USA. 87 Heyward, DuBose 1885 1940 Heyward, Edwin DuBose Heyward, Du Bose Allen, Hervey 1889 1949 Carolina Chansons Legends of the Low Country Reading ease score: 70.8 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. E-text prepared by Suzanne Shell, Melissa Er-Raqabi, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team "Carolina Chansons" by DuBose Heyward and Hervey Allen is a collection of poetry written in the early 20th century. The work reflects on the rich cultural and historical tapestry of the Carolina Low Country, drawing from local legends, voices, and landscapes to present a compelling portrait of the region. The poems explore themes of memory, identity, and the interplay of beauty and melancholy, often using the Southern landscape as a backdrop for its narratives. At the start of the collection, the authors set a tone with the "SÉANCE AT SUNRISE," which introduces a gathering of voices -- Indian, slave, and planter -- reflecting on their shared past in the Low Country. Each voice reveals connections to the natural environment and cultural memory, emphasizing a haunting blend of nostalgia and loss. The opening portions also establish an intricate atmosphere of tension between the historical and the lyrical, setting the stage for poems that mix personal, communal, and historical experiences unique to Carolina. The invocation of local flora and fauna alongside the memories of those who lived there adds depth to the emotional landscape of the collection. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en South Carolina -- Poetry PS Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Poetry 221095 220963 2024-10-07T08:35:58.190831 2023-09-07T09:34:12.554240 text/html text/html 224822 2020-12-11T05:10:33 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 66833 2020-12-11T05:10:33 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 149527 2024-10-07T08:36:11.067750 application/epub+zip 149536 2024-10-07T08:36:03.413787 application/epub+zip 131359 2024-10-07T08:36:00.933803 application/epub+zip 320072 2024-10-07T08:36:15.175744 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 405365 2024-10-07T08:36:08.844749 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 381603 2022-09-08T01:09:19.038000 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 131203 131105 2024-10-07T08:35:56.633818 2023-09-07T09:34:11.106229 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 130975 2020-12-11T05:10:33 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 51302 2020-12-11T05:10:33 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 130982 2020-12-11T05:10:33 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 51288 2020-12-11T05:10:33 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22125 2024-10-07T08:36:15.358713 application/rdf+xml 13175 2024-10-07T08:36:01.835859 image/jpeg 3222 2024-10-07T08:36:01.379786 image/jpeg 140897 2024-10-07T08:35:58.207820 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia