Selected Poems
$44.31
- Paperback
272 pages
- Release Date
30 March 2004
Summary
Dialect poems by one of the nineteenth century’s most talented African American lyricists
Paul Laurence Dunbar was “the most promising young colored man” in nineteenth-century America, according to Frederick Douglass, and subsequently one of the most controversial. His plantation lyrics, written while he was an elevator boy in Ohio, established Dunbar as the premier writer of dialect poetry and garnered him international recognition.
More than a vernacular lyricist, Dunbar was…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780142437827 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0142437824 |
| Author: | Paul Laurence Dunbar, Herbert Martin |
| Publisher: | Penguin Putnam Inc |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 30 March 2004 |
| Weight: | 198g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 129mm x 15mm |
| Series: | Penguin Classics |
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“The first American Negro poet of real literary distinction”
About The Author
Paul Laurence Dunbar
Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906) was one of the first African-American poets to gain national recognition. The son of freed slaves from Kentucky, he was unable to afford college and became an elevator operator. He later moved to Chicago, where he befriended Frederick Douglass and published poetry in prominent national publications and writing lyrics for a number of musical reviews.
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