The Sport of the Gods
Author: Dunbar, Paul Laurence
ISBN: 9780812972795
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 15 Nov 2005
Pages: 480
Format: Paperback / softback
Edited by David Bradley and Shelley Fisher Fishkin, our unique edition is the best general Dunbar reader available.
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.
ISBN: 9780812972795
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 15 Nov 2005
Pages: 480
Format: Paperback / softback
Edited by David Bradley and Shelley Fisher Fishkin, our unique edition is the best general Dunbar reader available.
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.
