Plantation Songs for My Lady's Banjo and Other Negro Lyrics and Monologues by Martha Strudwick Young
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Plantation Songs for My Lady's Banjo and Other Negro Lyrics and Monologues by Martha Strudwick Young
Author
Martha Strudwick Young
Lifespan
1862-1941
Author Biography
Martha Young, a native of Newbern, Alabama, demonstrated literary talent from an early age and received her education at esteemed academies. Her works encompassed dialect stories, poems, and essays, which gained recognition and drew comparisons to the renowned writer Joel Chandler Harris. Young's contributions to literature include notable publications such as Plantation Songs for My Lady Banjo, Plantation Bird Legends, and Bessie Bell, with her writing evolving to encompass children's literature as well. Additionally, she engaged in public readings of her work and continued to produce poems on religious and sentimental subjects in the later years of her life.
Publisher
Alabama Authors of the 19th & 20th Centuries, edited by Beverley Park Rilett, http://AlabamaAuthors.org
Publication Date
1901
Original Publication
Plantation Songs for My Lady's Banjo and Other Negro Lyrics and Monologues. New York; RH Russell Co, 1901.
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Citation
Young, Martha Strudwick, “Plantation Songs for My Lady's Banjo and Other Negro Lyrics and Monologues by Martha Strudwick Young,” Alabama Authors of the 19th & 20th Centuries, accessed October 5, 2024, https://alabamaauthors.org/items/show/9055.