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I's right well , I's glad to tell you ( dough dis climate ain't to blame ) , An ' I hopes w'en dese lines reach you , dat dey ' ll fin ' yo ' se'f de same . Cose I'se feelin kin ' o ' homesick - dat ' s ez nachul ez kin be , Wen a ...
Jarrett tells the fascinating story of how Dunbar, born during Reconstruction to formerly enslaved parents, excelled against all odds to become an accomplished and versatile artist.
Jarrett tells the fascinating story of how Dunbar, born during Reconstruction to formerly enslaved parents, excelled against all odds to become an accomplished and versatile artist.
... save us f'om de powah An ' I's glad hit ' s so . Of de gold - bug ragin ' ' roun ' an ' Doctah says ' at I ' ll die young , seekin ' who he may de- Well , I wants to go ! vowah . Whut ' s de use o ' livin ' hyeah , W'en de gal you ...
More than two dozen of Dunbar's poems are woven throughout this volume, illuminating the phases of his life and serving as examples of dialect, imagery, and tone.
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Majors and Minors: Poems
Oak and Ivy: A Biography of Paul Laurence Dunbar
“'Jump Back Honey': Paul Laurence Dunbar and the Rediscovery of American Poetical Traditions.” Bulletin of the Midwest Modern Language Association 7, no. 1 (1974): 40–53. ———, ed. A Singer in the Dawn: Reinterpretations of Paul Laurence ...
Paul Laurence Dunbar was born at 311 Howard Street in Dayton, Ohio, on June 27, 1872, to parents who had been enslaved in Kentucky before the American Civil War. After being emancipated, his mother Matilda had moved to Dayton with other ...