The Choir Invisible
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- First learn about the American Southern literary background of Allen's time, then begin reading the main text.
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About the author
James Lane Allen (1849–1925) was an American writer, with thirteen of his works held in this collection. His writing is mainly set against the life of Kentucky, and his representative works include A Kentucky Cardinal: A Story, Flute and Violin, and Other Kentucky Tales and Romances, The Blue-Grass Region of Kentucky, and Other Kentucky Articles, The Choir Invisible, The Reign of Law, The Mettle of the Pasture, and The Kentucky Warbler. These works show that he was skilled at depicting the local customs, rural nature, and regional legends of Kentucky, in a lyrical style that often interweaves local scenery with the fate of his characters. His writing brought Kentucky local color into the view of American literature and is in some measure representative of American regional literature from the late nineteenth to the early twentieth century. Public information is limited, and details of his life, education, and official positions are not inferred here.
