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Paul Laurence Dunbar was arguably the most famous African American poet, novelist, and dramatist at the turn of the twentieth century and one of the earliest African American writers to receive national recognition and appreciation. These 250 transcribed and annotated letters reveal his personal and literary life.

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“In presenting Dunbar’s correspondence with editors, supporters, admirers, and critics, The Selected Literary Letters of Paul Laurence Dunbar adds to our understanding of an important and under-appreciated figure." —Henry B. Wonham, coeditor of Mark Twain and Money: Language, Capital, and Culture “An invaluable window on the deliberate way in which Dunbar built his literary career. The Selected Literary Letters of Paul Laurence Dunbar also illuminates the wide range of his network of Black and white intellectuals, artists, and political leaders from Frederick Douglass to Theodore Roosevelt." —James Smethurst, author of The African American Roots of Modernism

The Selected Literary Letters of Paul Laurence

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      Publisher: The University of Alabama Press
      Publication Date: 2/28/2021 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780817320782, 978-0817320782
      ISBN10: 0817320784
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Paul Laurence Dunbar was arguably the most famous African American poet, novelist, and dramatist at the turn of the twentieth century and one of the earliest African American writers to receive national recognition and appreciation. These 250 transcribed and annotated letters reveal his personal and literary life.

      Trade Review
      “In presenting Dunbar’s correspondence with editors, supporters, admirers, and critics, The Selected Literary Letters of Paul Laurence Dunbar adds to our understanding of an important and under-appreciated figure." —Henry B. Wonham, coeditor of Mark Twain and Money: Language, Capital, and Culture “An invaluable window on the deliberate way in which Dunbar built his literary career. The Selected Literary Letters of Paul Laurence Dunbar also illuminates the wide range of his network of Black and white intellectuals, artists, and political leaders from Frederick Douglass to Theodore Roosevelt." —James Smethurst, author of The African American Roots of Modernism

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