The Sport of the Gods: and Other Essential Writings (Modern Library Classics)
by Paul Laurence Dunbar
Publication Date: Aug 09, 2005
List Price: $23.00
Format: Paperback, 480 pages
Classification: Poetry
ISBN13: 9780812972795
Imprint: Modern Library
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Parent Company: Bertelsmann
Paperback Description:
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 which explore crucial social, political, and humanistic issues at the dawn of the twentieth century.
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 which explore crucial social, political, and humanistic issues at the dawn of the twentieth century.
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