About this book
Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872--1906) overcame racism and poverty to become one of the best-known authors in America, and the first African American to earn a living from his poetry, fiction, drama, journalism, and lectures. This original collection includes the short novel The Sport of the Gods, Dunbar's essential essays and short stories, and his finest poems, such as "Sympathy," all which explore crucial social, political, and humanistic issues at the dawn of the twentieth century.From the Trade Paperback edition.
Subjects
FictionAfrican American families in fictionAfrican American familiesRural-urban migration in fictionRural-urban migrationAfrican AmericansAfrican Americans in fictionLiterary collectionsAmerican fiction (fictional works by one author)African americans, fictionNew york (n.y.), fictionFiction, religiousFiction, family life, generalAmerican fictionAfrican American authors