Folks From Dixie (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)
By Paul Laurence Dunbar & Frank DobsonPublisher Description
This edition includes a modern introduction and a list of suggested further reading.
Folks from Dixie by Paul Laurence Dunbar is the first book of short fiction by one of American literature’s earliest great black authors. More than anything else, this 1898 book is about race consciousness, as Dunbar examines black and white roles. On the surface, it is a series of stories about contented, loyal blacks and peaceful race relations; however within the collection, there is a subtle yet consistent examination of the morés of race relations beneath the surface of the plantation myth.
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About Paul Laurence Dunbar
The son of former slaves, who divorced when he was young, Paul Laurence Dunbar was born June 27, 1872, in Dayton, Ohio. Dunbar’s most significant literary exposure came in 1893 when he published his privately printed volume of poetry, Oak and Ivy. In 1895, he privately published Majors and Minors, which esteemed critic William Dean Howells famously reviewed. A prolific writer, Dunbar ultimately published twelve books of poetry, four books of stories and plays, and four novels.
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