The Complete Tales of Uncle Remus (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Joel Chandler Harris
- First Published: 1955
- Type of Work: Short fiction
- Type of Plot: Folklore
- Time of Work: Nineteenth century
- Setting: The American South
- Genres: Fable, Short fiction, Folklore
- Subjects: African Americans, Tricks, Tricksters, Racism, Blacks, South or Southerners, Nineteenth century, Slavery or slaves, Interracial relationships, Farms, farmers, or farming, Storytelling, Legends, Folklore, Truthfulness and falsehood, Holidays, Devils or demons, Animals, Christmas, Fables
- Locales: South (U.S.)
Characters Discussed
Uncle Remus, the principal raconteur in the Uncle Remus books. This old black man tells all but eighteen of the antelbellum folktales. In “Songs,” in which he is introduced, he is nearly eighty years old, telling a story to a seven-year-old white boy called Pinx by his mother, Miss Sally. Miss Sally and her husband, Mars John, own the plantation in central Georgia on which Uncle Remus works, living by himself in a cabin only a few yards from the “big house.” The black people on the plantation consider him their leader, and its owners think of him as...
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