Research Catalog

Title

The sport of the gods : and other essential writings / Paul Laurence Dunbar ; edited and introduced by Shelley Fisher Fishkin and David Bradley.

Author

Dunbar, Paul Laurence, 1872-1906

Publication

New York : Modern Library, 2005.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Fishkin, Shelley Fisher
• Bradley, David, 1950-

Description

xxx, 441 p.; 21 cm.

Summary

"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 of which explore crucial social, political, and humanistic issues at the dawn of the twentieth century. A hundred years after Dunbar's untimely death, this hugely talented writer is due for a major rediscovery."--Jacket.

Series Statement

The Modern Library classics

Uniform Title

Modern Library classics.

Subject

African Americans > Literary collections

Genre/Form

Literary collections

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [435]-441).

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

General introduction / Shelley Fisher Fishkin and David Bradley -- The sport of the gods and other essential writings -- pt. 1. Poetry -- Lager beer -- Welcome address : to the Western Association of Writers -- Columbian ode -- Justice -- Ode to Ethiopia -- The ol' tunes -- An ante-bellum sermon -- Ere sleep comes down to soothe the weary eyes -- The poet and his song -- When Malindy sings -- If I could but forget -- Not they who soar -- The colored soldiers -- Ships that pass in the night -- We wear the mask -- Why fades a dream? -- Accountability -- The dilettante : a modern type -- A Negro love song -- The party -- The spellin'-bee -- Discovered -- The deserted plantation -- Hymn -- A death song.

ISBN

0812972791

LCCN

^^2004061146

OCLC

• 57068809
• SCSB-11499741

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library