Porgy (novel)
| File:Porgy (novel).jpg Modern Library edition 1934 | |
| Author | DuBose Heyward |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Publication date | 1925 |
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Porgy is a novel written by the American author DuBose Heyward and published by the George H. Doran Company in 1925.[1]
The novel tells the story of Porgy, a disabled street beggar living in the black tenements of Charleston, South Carolina, in the 1920s. The character was based on Charlestonian Samuel Smalls.[2] In some of the novel's passages, black characters speak in Gullah, a creole language that had developed among enslaved African Americans during the slavery years on the Sea Islands.
The novel was adapted for a 1927 play of the same name by Heyward and his wife, playwright Dorothy Heyward.[1] Even before completing the play, Heyward was in discussions with composer George Gershwin for an operatic version of his novel.[3] This was produced in 1935 as Porgy and Bess[4].
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ellison, Virginia (October 14, 2021). "October, 1935: The opera Porgy and Bess opens in New York". South Carolina Historical Society. Retrieved March 26, 2026.
- ↑ "The Real Porgy", Charleston Mag, May 2014.
- ↑ "Porgy and Bess Turns 90: Look Back on George Gershwin and DuBose Heyward's Folk Opera". Playbill. Archived from the original on December 29, 2025. Retrieved March 26, 2026.
- ↑ "Porgy and Bess (opera)". Gershwin. Retrieved March 26, 2026.
External links
- File:Wikisource-logo.svg The full text of Porgy at Wikisource
- Porgy at Project Gutenberg
- Full text of Porgy, plus criticism and commentary by Kendra Hamilton, hosted by the University of Virginia
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