| Description |
xxviii, 315 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-311) and indexes. |
| Form |
Also issued online. |
| Contents |
Foreword / Henry Louis Gates, Jr -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- General introduction -- Brief Dunbar chronology -- Part 1: Dramatic Pieces -- Introduction to the dramatic pieces -- Plays: Herrick -- Gambler's wife -- Island of Tanawana -- Musicals: Uncle Eph's Christmas -- Jes Lak white fo'ks -- Dream lovers -- Musical lyrics and fragments: from Evah Dahkey is a king -- Good evenin' -- On Emancipation day -- Returned: empty and so silent now the old cabin stands -- from Clorindy, or the origin of the cakewalk -- Hottest coon in Dixie -- Who dat say chicken in dis crowd -- Part 2: Essays -- Introduction to the essays -- Dickens and Thackeray -- December 13, 1890 -- Of negro journals -- England as seen by a black man -- Our new madness -- Negro music -- Tuskegee meeting -- Negro life in Washington -- Higher education -- Negro society in Washington -- Dunbar did not plagiarize -- Leader of his race -- Negro in literature -- Booker T Washington -- Sunshine at Jackson Park -- Part 3: Short Stories -- Introduction to the short stories -- Ole Conju'in Joe -- His bride of the tomb -- Tenderfoot -- Little Billy -- Jimmy Weedon's contretempts -- Emancipation of Evalina Jones -- Prophesy of fate -- Part 4: Poems -- Introduction to the poems -- Sold-A C H S episode -- Happy! happy! happy! -- Oh, no -- Lullaby (I) -- Rondeau -- Farm house by the river -- Rondeau for a lawyer -- To Leila Ruth -- We crown her queen -- Song of the gatherer -- To a golden girl -- Lonely hunter -- Dreams only dreams -- Dreamer -- Remembered -- Keeping in touch -- Triolets -- Valse -- After the struggle -- Noddin' by de fire -- Darkie's rainy day -- Ode -- John Hay -- Kindness -- Toast to Dayton -- For the palladium -- New York -- Kitty -- Girl -- Rocking in the old canoe -- Tim -- Making up -- Our hopes and home -- Drowsy God -- Incantation/invocation -- Letter -- Lament -- To Miss Mamie Emerson -- Brown hair -- Lullaby (II) -- I been kissin' yo' picture -- Bibliography -- Index of titles -- Index to the first lines of poems. |
| Summary |
Synopsis: This collection features Dunbar's (1872-1906) previously unpublished dramatic works, short stories, essays, and poems-approximately 75 works in six genres. The dramatic works include plays, musicals, and musical lyrics and fragments. The essays discuss Dickens and Thackeray, England from the Black perspective, black life and society in Washington, higher education, plagiarism, the literary portrayal of black people, and Booker T. Washington. A chronology is included.-Annotation c. Book News, Inc. |
| Subject |
African Americans -- Literary collections.
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| Added Author |
Martin, Herbert Woodward.
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Primeau, Ronald.
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Gates, Henry Louis.
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| ISBN |
0821414216 (alk. paper) |
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9780821414217 (alk. paper) |
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0821414224 (pbk.) |
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9780821414224 (pbk.) |
| Standard No. |
UKM bA230766 |
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YDXCP 1783174 |
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AU@ 000022968849 |
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