{"product_id":"porgys-ghost-the-life-and-works-of-dorothy-heyward-and-her-contribution-to-an-american-classic-paperback","title":"Porgy's Ghost: The Life and Works of Dorothy Heyward and Her Contribution to an American Classic - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHarlan Greene\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn the world stage, the opera \u003ci\u003ePorgy and Bess \u003c\/i\u003eis acclaimed as a distinctively American, yet universal, classic. Though scholars and the popular press have discussed it for nearly one hundred years, no one has factored in the major contributions of one of its forgotten authors--until now. Besides serving as a brief biography that illuminates Dorothy Heyward's personal and professional life, which ranges from lighthearted whimsy to a descent into madness, what emerges in \u003ci\u003ePorgy's Ghost \u003c\/i\u003eis a correction to a long-standing omission of Dorothy Heyward's influence on \u003ci\u003ePorgy\u003c\/i\u003e, the novel written by her husband; \u003ci\u003ePorgy\u003c\/i\u003e, the play, mostly her creation; and \u003ci\u003ePorgy and Bess\u003c\/i\u003e, the opera often credited solely to George and Ira Gershwin. Fighting to restore her husband DuBose Heyward's name to that work, she hid her own contributions to maximize his. After years of research in her archives and previously unknown materials, author Harlan Greene reveals a cypher of a woman who, in her lifetime and long after, was dismissed as unimportant.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eHARLAN GREENE is emeritus Scholar in Residence at the College of Charleston's Addlestone Library. He was also director of Archival Services at the Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture, and he founded the archives at the Charleston County Public Library. Greene is chair of Charleston's Historical Commission. An award-winning novelist, he has also authored or coauthored several nonfiction works, including \u003ci\u003eMr. Skylark: John Bennett and the Charleston Renaissance \u003c\/i\u003e(Georgia) and \u003ci\u003eSlave Badges and the Slave-Hire System in Charleston, South Carolina, 1783-1865\u003c\/i\u003e. He is also the coeditor of \u003ci\u003eRenaissance in Charleston: Art and Life in the Carolina Low Country, 1900-1940 \u003c\/i\u003e(Georgia).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 285\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.7 x 5.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 15, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47409886527673,"sku":"9780820375106","price":48.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0686\/4309\/4713\/files\/faagtzM-sj9780820375106.webp?v=1781085037","url":"https:\/\/thoobo.com\/products\/porgys-ghost-the-life-and-works-of-dorothy-heyward-and-her-contribution-to-an-american-classic-paperback","provider":"Thoobo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}