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Intimate intercessions in the poetry of Paul Laurence Dunbar.
... Then Br'er Adams, a white-haired patriarch, knelt and "took up the cross." --"Anner 'Lizer's Stumblin' Block" (Dunbar, Best Stories)
Much of the poetry of Paul Laurence Dunbar reveals the intimate intercessions of a tormented poet, figuratively "taking up the cross." Dunbar's meteoric rise as the most famous black writer in the world at the end of the nineteenth century, his prolific offerings over a short 14-year career (1892-1906), his ambivalence about the branding of his own poetic genius, his precarious stardom in a society that insisted on "separate-but-equal" race relations, and his tragic, unfulfilled personal life represent the subject matter of ...
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- Magazine article from: African American Review Robinson, Lillian S. Robinson, Greg June 22, 2007 700+ words
...the twentieth century, Paul Laurence Dunbar's reputation shifted between...schoolchild knew the poetry of Paul Laurence Dunbar, which was recited in school...grow up to be "the lady Paul Laurence Dunbar!" (Brooks 56). Much later...
- Paul Laurence Dunbar's overlooked play.
- Magazine article from: African American Review Leuchtenmuller, Thomas June 22, 2007 700+ words
...and die!--Anne Spencer Paul Laurence Dunbar is mainly known as a poet. And...3): I am referring to Paul Laurence Dunbar and his drama "Herrick." When...a copy was found in the Paul Laurence Dunbar Papers of the Ohio Historical...
- Herbert Woodward Martin and Ronald Primeau, eds. In His Own Voice: The Dramatic...
- Magazine article from: African American Review Bruce, Dickson D., Jr. June 22, 2003 700+ words
...compendium of writings by Paul Laurence Dunbar, most of which have not appeared...important volumes as The Paul Laurence Dunbar Reader, edited by Jay Martin...The Collected Poetry of Paul Laurence Dunbar, edited by Joanne M. Braxton...
- Dunbar's Dixie.(Paul Laurence Dunbar's 'Folk's From Dixie')(Critical Essay)
- The Southern Literary Journal Ramsey, William M. September 22, 1999 700+ words
...literary materials." --Paul Laurence Dunbar, letter to Alice Ruth Moore...simple children!" --Paul Laurence Dunbar, "The Negroes of the Tenderloin...question also crystallizes Paul Laurence Dunbar's (1872-1906) self-doubts...
- Factoring out race: the cultural context of Paul Laurence Dunbar.
- Magazine article from: African American Review Bradley, David June 22, 2007 700+ words
...have been writing about Paul Laurence Dunbar. My first Dunbar project was...Other Essential Writings of Paul Laurence Dunbar. Although the publisher, did...examine a physical copy of Paul Laurence Dunbar's second volume of verse...
- "I know why the caged bird sings!": Dunbar in China.(Paul Laurence Dunbar's...
- Magazine article from: African American Review Li, Xilao June 22, 2007 700+ words
Paul Laurence Dunbar used his poetry to express frustration...account of the Chinese response to Paul Laurence Dunbar since the early 1920s. The presence...American literature. Roughly speaking, Dunbar's presence in China can be divided...
- "When he is least himself": Dunbar and double consciousness in African American...
- Magazine article from: African American Review Mullen, Harryette June 22, 2007 700+ words
Like Paul Laurence Dunbar, and like many people who don't...writing poetry as a child. Although Dunbar was not a poet I tried to emulate...stamps, including the 1975 Paul Laurence Dunbar commemorative. I may be in the last...
- Paul Laurence Dunbar and the project of cultural reconstruction.
- Magazine article from: African American Review Scott-Childress, Reynolds J. June 22, 2007 700+ words
Paul Laurence Dunbar presented a curious sight to the passengers...reading dime novels. But here was young Dunbar reading the Century, then the nation...reputation instantly. For a poet of Dunbar's day, there was no surer way of forging...