The Sport of the Gods

Fiction & Literature
Cover of the book The Sport of the Gods by Paul Laurence Dunbar, Neeland Media LLC
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Paul Laurence Dunbar ISBN: 9781420940091
Publisher: Neeland Media LLC Publication: December 15, 2009
Imprint: Digireads.com Publishing Language: English
Author: Paul Laurence Dunbar
ISBN: 9781420940091
Publisher: Neeland Media LLC
Publication: December 15, 2009
Imprint: Digireads.com Publishing
Language: English
Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906) was one of the first African American writers to gain national notoriety, and in his very short career amassed a wonderful collection of short stories, novels, plays, songs, essays and poetry. Dunbar used two very distinct styles in his writing: the standard, classical English, and the dialect of the black community at the turn of the century. Because of this, he was highly popular with both white and black readers, and was revered by such important figures as Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, William Dean Howells, and Frederick Douglass. As Dunbar's health declined from tuberculosis and the alcohol prescribed for it, he took the opportunity to write one final work, The Sport of the Gods. It was the most naturalistic of all Dunbar's works. The story of the fall of the Hamiltons, a relatively wealthy African American family in the South, surprised Dunbar's readers. The dark, sentimental tone of the novel gave readers their first taste of "non-Plantation literature."
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906) was one of the first African American writers to gain national notoriety, and in his very short career amassed a wonderful collection of short stories, novels, plays, songs, essays and poetry. Dunbar used two very distinct styles in his writing: the standard, classical English, and the dialect of the black community at the turn of the century. Because of this, he was highly popular with both white and black readers, and was revered by such important figures as Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, William Dean Howells, and Frederick Douglass. As Dunbar's health declined from tuberculosis and the alcohol prescribed for it, he took the opportunity to write one final work, The Sport of the Gods. It was the most naturalistic of all Dunbar's works. The story of the fall of the Hamiltons, a relatively wealthy African American family in the South, surprised Dunbar's readers. The dark, sentimental tone of the novel gave readers their first taste of "non-Plantation literature."

More books from Neeland Media LLC

Cover of the book The Voyage to Parnassus, The Siege of Numantia, and The Treaty of Algiers by Paul Laurence Dunbar
Cover of the book A Handbook of Norse Mythology by Paul Laurence Dunbar
Cover of the book On Dreams by Paul Laurence Dunbar
Cover of the book The Pot of Gold and Other Plays by Paul Laurence Dunbar
Cover of the book Henry IV, Part 1 (Annotated by Henry N. Hudson with an Introduction by Charles Harold Herford) by Paul Laurence Dunbar
Cover of the book Vera, or The Nihilists, A Florentine Tragedy—A Fragment, and La Sainte Courtisane by Paul Laurence Dunbar
Cover of the book Discourse on Method and Meditations of First Philosophy (Translated by Elizabeth S. Haldane with an Introduction by A. D. Lindsay) by Paul Laurence Dunbar
Cover of the book The Vision of Piers the Plowman (Verse) by Paul Laurence Dunbar
Cover of the book The Lives of the Artists (Volume II of III) by Paul Laurence Dunbar
Cover of the book The Collected Poetry of William Butler Yeats by Paul Laurence Dunbar
Cover of the book A Dog of Flanders and Other Stories by Paul Laurence Dunbar
Cover of the book Confessions of an English Opium-Eater and Other Writings by Paul Laurence Dunbar
Cover of the book Persian Letters by Paul Laurence Dunbar
Cover of the book The Works of Philo (Volume 2 of 4) by Paul Laurence Dunbar
Cover of the book The Dhammapada (Translated by Albert J. Edmunds) by Paul Laurence Dunbar
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy