The Selected Literary Letters of Paul Laurence Dunbar by Cynt... - 9780817320782

The Selected Literary Letters of Paul Laurence DunbarAuthor(s): Cynthia C. Murillo, Jennifer M. Nader, Paul Laurence Dunbar\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: The University of Alabama Press, United States\nImprint: The University of Alabama Press\nISBN-13: 9780817320782, 978-0817320782\nSynopsis\nThese 250 transcribed and annotated letters reveal the personal and literary life of one of the most highly regarded African American writers and intellectuals\n Paul Laurence Dunbar [tel] was arguably the most famous African American poet, novelist, and dramatist at the turn of the twentieth century and one of the earliest African American writers to receive national recognition and appreciation. Scholars have taken a renewed interest in Dunbar but much is still unknown about this once-famous African American authors life and literary efforts. Dunbars letters to various editors, friends, benefactors, scholars, and family members are crucial to any critical or theoretical understanding of his jo.