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In His Own Voice
Paul Laurence Dunbar
其他書名
The Dramatic and Other Uncollected Works of Paul Laurence Dunbar
出版
Ohio University Press
, 2002
主題
Literary Collections / General
Literary Criticism / Poetry
Poetry / General
ISBN
0821414216
9780821414217
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=lZpaAAAAMAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋
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 Featured are the previously unpublished play Herrick and two one-act plays, largely ignored for a century, that demonstrate Dunbar's subversion of the minstrel tradition.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.