Louise Clarke Pyrnelle
Introduction '''Louise Clarke Pyrnelle''' (June 19, 1850 – August 26, 1907) was an Alabama writer. Her works drew heavily from her childhood experiences growing up on an antebellum plantation.
Life Pyrnelle was born Elizabeth Louise Clarke on a cotton plantation in Perry County, Alabama. After the Civil War, the family moved to Dallas County, Alabama, where her father opened a medical practice. She was educated in lecturing, and worked as a governess and public speaker.In 1880 she married John Parnell. Her novel ''Diddie, Dumps & Tot; or plantation child-life'' was published in 1882 under the pseudonym "Pyrnelle" – a slight variation on her husband's name. She would publish only one other work during her lifetime: a story called "Aunt Flora's Courtship and Marriage". She died in 1907.
Works '''''Diddie, Dumps & Tot; or plantation child-life'', 1882''':This novel was noted at the time for its use of the southern black vernacular, a dialect also used by Mark Twain and Joel Chandler Harris, and which was thought to add "authenticity" to writing about the American South. The novel offered a nostalgic and romanticized view of antebellum plantation life, and was popular during the 19th and 20th centuries. '''''Miss Li'l' Tweetty'', 1917''':This posthumously published novel describes the childhood experiences of a young girl named 'Tweetty'. Like ''Diddie, Dumps & Tot'', its depictions of slavery were uncritical and nostalgic.
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