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1 online resource (xlv, 542 pages) |
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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 |
| Summary |
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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 539-540) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| Subject |
African Americans -- Fiction
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African Americans.
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| Genre/Form |
Fiction.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Jarrett, Gene Andrew, 1975-
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Morgan, Thomas Lewis, 1969-
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| LC no. |
2005025267 |
| ISBN |
0821441981 |
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9780821441985 |
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0821416448 |
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9780821416440 |
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