In His Own Voice - Dramatic & Other Uncollected Works (Hardcover)

Paul Laurence Dunbar, introduced to the American public by William Dean Howells, was the first native-born African American poet to achieve national and international fame. While there have been many valuable editions of his works over time, gaps have developed when manuscripts were lost or access to uncollected works became difficult.
"In His Own Voice" brings together previously upublished and uncollected short stories, essays, and poems. This volume also establishes Dunbar's reputation as a dramatist who mastered standard English conventions and used dialect in musical comedy for ironic effects.
"In His Own Voice" collects more than seventy-five works in six genres. Featured are the previously unpublished play Herrick and two one-act plays, largely ignored for a century, that demonstrate Dunbar's subversion of the minstrel tradition. This generous expansion of the canon also includes a short story never before published.
Herbert Woodward Martin, renowned for his live portrayal of Dunbar, and Ronald Primeau provide a literary and historical context for this previously untreated material, firmly securing the reputation of an important American voice.

General

Imprint:	Ohio University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	April 2002
First published:	April 2002
Authors:	Paul Laurence Dunbar
Contributors:	Herbert Woodward Martin • Ronald Primeau
Foreword by:	H. Gates
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 31mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	343
ISBN-13:	978-0-8214-1421-7
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Collections & anthologies of various literary forms Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > General Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Essays, journals, letters & other prose works > General Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Area / regional studies > General Promotions
LSN:	0-8214-1421-6
Barcode:	9780821414217

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