The complete stories of Paul Laurence Dunbar
From the Publisher: The son of former slaves, Paul Laurence Dunbar was one of the most prominent and publicly recognized figures in American literature at the turn of the twentieth century. Thirty-three years old at the time of his death in 1906, he had published four novels, four collections of short stories, and fourteen books of poetry, not to mention numerous songs, plays, and essays in newspapers and magazines around the world. In the century following his death, Dunbar slipped into relative obscurity, remembered mainly for his dialect poetry or as a footnote to other more canonical figures from the period. The Complete Stories of Paul Laurence Dunbar showcases his gifts as a writer of short fiction and provides key insights into the tensions and themes of Dunbar's literary achievement. Through examining the 104 stories written by Dunbar between 1890 and 1905, readers will be able to better understand Dunbar's specific attempts to maintain his artistic integrity while struggling with America's racist stereotypes. His work interrogated the color-line that informed American life and dictated his role as an artist in American letters. Editors Gene Jarrett and Thomas Morgan identify major themes and implications in Dunbar's work. Available in one convenient, comprehensive, and definitive volume for the first time, The Complete Stories of Paul Laurence Dunbar illustrates the complexity of his literary life and legacy
Fiction
1 online resource (xlv, 542 pages)
9780821441985, 9780821416440, 0821441981, 0821416448
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Foreword / Shelley Fisher Fishkin
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Editors' note
1: Collected Stories
Folks from Dixie (1898)
Anner 'Lizer's stumblin' block
Ordeal at Mt Hope
Colonel's awakening
Trial sermons on Bull-Skin
Jimsella
Mt Pisgah's Christmas 'possum
Family feud
Aunt Mandy's investment
Intervention of Peter
Nelse Hatton's vengeance
At shaft 11
Deliberation of Mr Dunkin
Strength of Gideon and other stories (1900)
Strength of Gideon
Mammy Peggy's pride
Viney's free papers
Fruitful sleeping of the Rev Elisha Edwards
Ingrate
Case of "Ca'line"
Finish of Patsy Barnes
One man's fortunes
Jim's probation
Uncle Simon's Sundays out
Mr Cornelius Johnson, office-seeker
Old-time Christmas
Mess of pottage
Trustfulness of Polly
Tragedy at Three Forks
Finding of Zach
Johnsonham, Junior
Faith cure man
Council of state
Silas Jackson
In old plantation days (1903)
Aunt Tempe's triumph
Aunt Tempe's revenge
Walls of Jericho
How Brother Parker fell from grace
Trousers
Last fiddling of Mordaunt's Jim
Supper by proxy
Trouble about Sophiny
Mr Groby's slippery gift
Ash-cake Hannah and her Ben
Dizzy-headed Dick
Conjuring contest
Dandy Jim's conjure scare
Memory of Martha
Who stand for the gods
Lady slipper
Blessed deceit
Brief cure of Aunt Fanny
Stanton coachman
Easter wedding
Finding of Martha
Defection of Maria Ann Gibbs
Judgment of Paris
Silent Sam'el
Way of a woman
Heart of Happy Hollow (1904)
Foreword
Scapegoat
One Christmas at Shiloh
Mission of Mr Scatters
Matter of doctrine
Old Abe's conversion
Race question
Defender of the faith
Cahoots
Promoter
Wisdom of silence
Triumph of Ol' Mis' Pease
Lynching of Jube Benson
Schwalliger's philanthropy
Interference of Patsy Ann
Home-coming of 'Rastus Smith
Boy and the bayonet
2: Uncollected Stories
Dialect stories (New York Journal and Advertiser, 1897)
Buss Jinkins up nawth: a human nature sketch of real darkey life in New York
Yellowjack's game of craps: a character sketch of real darky life in New York
How George Johnson "won out": a character sketch of real darky life in New York
Hoodooing of Mr Bill Simms: a darky dialect story
Ohio Pastorals (Lippincott's, 1901)
Mortification of the flesh
Independence of Silas Bollender
White counterpane
Minority Committee
Visiting of Mother Danbury
Individual stories (1890/1905)
His bride of the tomb
His failure in arithmetic
His little lark
From impulse
Tenderfoot
Little Billy
End of the chapter
Lafe Halloway's two fights
Emancipation of Evalina Jones
Lion tamer
Nathan makes his proposal
In a circle
Jethro's garden
Vindication of Jared Hargot
Way of love
Churching of Grandma Pleasant
Case of Cadwallader
Jimmy Weedon's contretempts
Ole Conju'in Joe
Prophesy of fate
Sister Jackson's superstitions
Sources
Alphabetical list of stories
Chronological list of stories
Works cited
Index of titles
Electronic reproduction, [Place of publication not identified], HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010
English
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