The Sport of the Gods
and Other Essential Writings
Fiction & Literature, African American, Short Stories, Literary
| Author: | Paul Laurence Dunbar | ISBN: | 9780307434609 |
| Publisher: | Random House Publishing Group | Publication: | March 3, 2010 |
| Imprint: | Modern Library | Language: | English |
| Author: | Paul Laurence Dunbar |
| ISBN: | 9780307434609 |
| Publisher: | Random House Publishing Group |
| Publication: | March 3, 2010 |
| Imprint: | Modern Library |
| Language: | English |
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.
