Welcome to the Masters of Poetry book series, a selection of the best works by noteworthy authors. Literary critic August Nemo selects the most important writings of each author. A selection based on the author's novels, short stories, letters, essays and biographical texts. Thus providing the reader with an overview of the author's life and work. This edition is dedicated to the American poet Paul Laurence Dunbar. Paul Laurence Dunbar was a poet, novelist, and playwright of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Dunbar began to write stories and verse when still a child; he was president of his high school's literary society. Dunbar's work was praised by William Dean Howells, a leading editor associated with the Harper's Weekly, and Dunbar was one of the first African-American writers to establish an international reputation. This book contains the following writings: Biografical: Biographical commentary by Benjamin Brawley and W. D. Howells.Poetry: Over 20 selected poems, including The Haunted Oak, The Corn-Stalk Fiddle and Invitation to Love.Prose works: Representative American Negroes and more 7 short stories.If you appreciate good literature, be sure to check out the other Tacet Books titles!
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Paul Laurence Dunbar. Masters of Poetry - Paul L. Dunbar
The Author
A Short History of the American Negro: Paul Lawrence Dunbar
Introduction to “Lyrics of lowly life”
Selected poems. The Corn-Stalk Fiddle
The Debt
The Haunted Oak
Invitation to Love
The Lawyers' Ways
Little Brown Baby
A Negro Love Song
Night of Love
The Old Front Gate
The Paradox
Ships that Pass in the Night
Signs of the Times
Song (Wintah, summah, snow er shine)
Sympathy
Thou Art My Lute
We Wear the Mask
When de Co'n Pone's Hot
The Seedling
A Warm Day in Winter
Dream Song I
Dream Song II
Encouragement
Mortality
The Poet and the Baby
Treat Me Nice (A Plea)
Non-fiction. Representative American Negroes
7 Best Short Stories by Paul Lawrence Dunbar. The Scapegoat
One Christmas At Shiloh
The Mission Of Mr. Scatters
A Matter Of Doctrine
Old Abe's Conversion
The Race Question
A Defender Of The Faith
Notas
About the Publisher
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Paul Laurence Dunbar was born at 311 Howard Street in Dayton, Ohio, on June 27, 1872, to parents who had been enslaved in Kentucky before the American Civil War. After being emancipated, his mother Matilda had moved to Dayton with other family members, including her two sons Robert and William from her first marriage. Dunbar's father Joshua had escaped from slavery in Kentucky before the war ended. He traveled to Massachusetts and volunteered for the 55th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, one of the first two black units to serve in the war. The senior Dunbar also served in the 5th Massachusetts Cavalry Regiment. Paul Dunbar was born six months after Joshua and Matilda married on Christmas Eve, 1871.
The marriage of Dunbar's parents was troubled and Dunbar's mother left Joshua soon after having their second child, a daughter. Joshua died on August 16, 1885; Paul was then 13 years old.
