{"product_id":"collected-poetry-of-paul-laurence-dunbar-9780813914381","title":"Collected Poetry of Paul Laurence Dunbar","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis new \"most complete\" edition of the collected poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar, the virtual father of black American poetry, includes sixty poems not included in the previous--and now out of print--Complete Poems. Sixteen of these were found in manuscript form.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePaul Laurence Dunbar's work achieved wide recognition in the first part of the twentieth century. The author of six volumes of poetry, as well as novels, librettos, songs, and essays, he was nationally known and accepted by black and white readers alike.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Joanne M. Braxton points out in her substantive introduction to this edition, a reconsideration of Dunbar's work and influence is long overdue: \"We reclaim, in Paul Laurence Dunbar, a significant American author whose career transcends race and locality even while he makes use of racialized and regional cultural materials to create an African-American aesthetic and a unique black poetic diction.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joanne M. Braxton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Virginia Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/29\/1993\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 396\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.1lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.50w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780813914381","brand":"University of Virginia Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44002779201673,"sku":"9780813914381","price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_2dad4f39-7167-4008-b5b2-3080683253cc.jpg?v=1747720712","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/collected-poetry-of-paul-laurence-dunbar-9780813914381","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}