Paul Laurence Dunbar was an American poet, novelist, and short story writer of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Born in Dayton, Ohio, to parents who had been enslaved in Kentucky before the American Civil War, Dunbar began writing stories and verse when he was a child. He published his first poems at the age of 16 in a Dayton newspaper, and served as president of his high school's literary society. Dunbar's popularity increased rapidly after his work was praised by William Dean Howells, a leading editor associated with Harper's Weekly. Dunbar became one of the first African-American writers to establish an international reputation. In addition to his poems, short stories, and novels, he also wrote the lyrics for the musical comedy In Dahomey (1903), the first all-African-American musical produced on Broadway in New York. The musical later toured in the United States and the United Kingdom. Suffering from tuberculosis, which then had no cure, Dunbar died in Dayton, Ohio, at the age of 33. Much of Dunbar's more popular work in his lifetime was written in the "Negro dialect" associated with the antebellum South, though he also used the Midwestern regional dialect of James Whitcomb Riley. Dunbar also wrote in conventional English in other poetry and novels and is considered the first important African American sonnet writer. Since the late 20th century, scholars have become more interested in these other works. COMPLETE POETICAL WORKS INTRODUCTION TO LYRICS OF LOWLY LIFE LYRICS OF LOWLY LIFE NATURE AND ART LYRICS OF THE HEARTHSIDE THE CONQUERORS HUMOUR AND DIALECT LYRICS OF LOVE AND LAUGHTER LYRICS OF LOVE AND SORROW LYRICS OF SUNSHINE AND SHADOW MISCELLANEOUS THE NOVELS THE UNCALLED THE LOVE OF LANDRY THE FANATICS THE SPORT OF THE GODS THE SHORT STORY COLLECTIONS FOLKS FROM DIXIE THE HEART OF HAPPY HOLLOW THE STRENGTH OF GIDEON AND OTHER STORIES IN OLD PLANTATION DAYS UNCOLLECTED SHORT STORIES THE NON-FICTION REPRESENTATIVE AMERICAN NEGROES

The first black writer in America to attain national prominence and establish an international reputation, Paul Laurence Dunbar is noted for his works written in black dialect. However, Dunbar also wrote in conventional English, producing sensitive and compelling poetry and fashioning innovative fiction. For the first time in publishing history, this eBook presents Dunbar’s complete works, with beautiful illustrations and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Dunbar's life and works * Concise introduction to Dunbar’s life and poetry * Excellent formatting of the poems * Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the poetry * Easily locate the poems you want to read * Includes Dunbar's complete novels and short stories, available in no other collection * Rare uncollected stories * Features Wiggins' seminal biography on the poet - discover Dunbar's literary life * Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres Please note: a few of Dunbar’s early short stories, which have only been rediscovered in recent years, are the result of dedicated scholarship and so will not be appearing in the eBook. Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to see our wide range of poet titles CONTENTS: The Life and Poetry of Paul Laurence Dunbar BRIEF INTRODUCTION: PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR COMPLETE POETICAL WORKS OF PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR The Poems LIST OF POEMS IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER LIST OF POEMS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER The Novels THE UNCALLED THE LOVE OF LANDRY THE FANATICS THE SPORT OF THE GODS The Short Story Collections FOLKS FROM DIXIE THE HEART OF HAPPY HOLLOW THE STRENGTH OF GIDEON AND OTHER STORIES IN OLD PLANTATION DAYS UNCOLLECTED SHORT STORIES The Short Stories LIST OF SHORT STORIES IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER LIST OF SHORT STORIES IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER The Non-Fiction REPRESENTATIVE AMERICAN NEGROES The Biography THE LIFE OF PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR by L. K. Wiggins Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of poetry titles or buy the entire Delphi Poets Series as a Super Set

An illustrated collection of poems by Paul Laurence Dunbar, including A Boy's Summer Song, The Sparrow, and Little Brown Baby.

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Presents the 1913 edition of African-American writer Paul Dunbar's collected poems and adds sixty poems to it, also providing variants, selected primary and secondary bibliographies, and an index of first lines.

Did you know that Paul Laurence Dunbar originated such famous lines as I know why the caged bird sings and We wear the mask that grins and lies. From his childhood in poverty and his early promise as a poet through his struggles to find acceptance as a writer and his tumultuous romance with his wife, to his immense fame and his untimely death, Dunbar's story is one of triumph and tragedy. But his legacy remains in his much-beloved poetr told in both Standard English and in dialect which continues to delight and inspire readers today. More than two dozen of Dunbar's poems are woven throughout this volume, illuminating the phases of his life and serving as examples of dialect, imagery, and tone. Narrating in a voice full of admiration and respect, Sally Derby introduces Paul Laurence Dunbar's life and poetry to readers young and old, aided by Sean Qualls's striking black-and-white illustrations. Discover the breadth and depth of Paul Laurence Dunbar's poetry and learn how it reflects his singular life as a late-nineteenth-century black man.

The definitive biography of a pivotal figure in American literary history A major poet, Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872–1906) was one of the first African American writers to garner international recognition in the wake of emancipation. In this definitive biography, the first full-scale life of Dunbar in half a century, Gene Andrew Jarrett offers a revelatory account of a writer whose Gilded Age celebrity as the “poet laureate of his race” hid the private struggles of a man who, in the words of his famous poem, felt like a “caged bird” that sings. Jarrett tells the fascinating story of how Dunbar, born during Reconstruction to formerly enslaved parents, excelled against all odds to become an accomplished and versatile artist. A prolific and successful poet, novelist, essayist, playwright, and Broadway librettist, he was also a friend of such luminaries as Frederick Douglass and Orville and Wilbur Wright. But while audiences across the United States and Europe flocked to enjoy his literary readings, Dunbar privately bemoaned shouldering the burden of race and catering to minstrel stereotypes to earn fame and money. Inspired by his parents’ survival of slavery, but also agitated by a turbulent public marriage, beholden to influential benefactors, and helpless against his widely reported bouts of tuberculosis and alcoholism, he came to regard his racial notoriety as a curse as well as a blessing before dying at the age of only thirty-three. Beautifully written, meticulously researched, and generously illustrated, this biography presents the richest, most detailed, and most nuanced portrait yet of Dunbar and his work, transforming how we understand the astonishing life and times of a central figure in American literary history.

Examines the life of the poet and novelist who battled racism and accepted the challenge of depicting the black experience in America.