Dubose Heyward: A Charleston Gentleman and the World of Porgy and Bess

by James M. Hutchisson

Book Overview

In 1924 DuBose Heyward (1885-1940) was a businessman absorbed in his Charleston heritage. One year later he was the world-famous author of Porgy , the first major southern novel to portray blacks without condescension. Just a decade later George Gershwin had transformed Heyward's book into an opera that would become one of the most enduring masterworks of American music. As a young man Heyward was immersed in the Gullah culture of his city. Especially...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 149681309X
• ISBN13: 9781496813091
• Release Date: August 2017
• Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 9.0"