19th-century Regional Writing in the United States
PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR (1872-1906)
He actually wrote many pieces which we would consider "local color" today. Compared to Charles Chesnutt, however, Dunbar found very little room for his first love, poetry, while the critics raved about his dialect verses and encouraged him to write tales of the south and of slavery-- in short, to write authoritatively about things which were not in his immediate experience. In the coming months, I will be bring you generous samples of his work, a bibliography, and perhaps samples of the current scholarly work being done on this fascinating, complex writer. For now, you can get to know him better by visiting the Paul Laurence Dunbar site at the Dayton Public Library.
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