Paul Laurence Dunbar : the life and times of a caged bird
Jarrett, Gene Andrew, 1975-2022
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A major poet, Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906) was one of the first African American writers to garner international recognition in the wake of emancipation. In this definitive biography, the first full-scale life of Dunbar in half a century, Gene Andrew Jarrett offers a revelatory account of a writer whose Gilded Age celebrity as the 'poet laureate of his race' hid the private struggles of a man who, in the words of his famous poem, felt like a 'caged bird' that sings. 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.
Main title:
Paul Laurence Dunbar : the life and times of a caged bird / Gene Andrew Jarrett.
Author:
Jarrett, Gene Andrew, 1975-, author
Imprint:
Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2022.
Collation:
560 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Audience:
Specialized.
ISBN:
9780691150529 (hbk. :)
Dewey class:
811.4
Language:
English
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BRN:
2539148
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