The Poetry of Dunbar (Masterplots II: African American Literature Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Paul Laurence Dunbar
- First Published: 1893
- Type of Work: Poetry
- Genres: Poetry
- Subjects: African Americans, Segregation or integration, Culture, Racism, South or Southerners, Nature, Nineteenth century, Slavery or slaves, Prejudices or antipathies, Food
Though he lived a mere thirty-three years, Paul Laurence Dunbar wrote six published volumes of poetry, four novels, and quite a few volumes of short stories. Altogether, he authored no fewer than twenty books. Yet for all this prodigious productivity and in spite of his widespread reputation as the first African American to master the art of writing poetry, Dunbar, a lyricist of tremendous ability, has come down to modern readers primarily as a poet of “Negro” dialect. In the process, he also acquired the reputation of being a superb reader of his own poetry. As poet and reader, he...
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