In His Own Voice
The Dramatic and Other Uncollected Works of Paul Laurence Dunbar
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4546301 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Dickson D Bruce (corresponding author), Herbert Woodward Martins, Herbert Woodward Martin, Ronald Primeau, Paul Laurence Dunbar |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue | 2/3 |
| Pages | 456 |
| Publication date | 2003-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | African American Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1062-4783 • E-ISSN: 1945-6182 |
| Publisher | Penn State Press (Project Muse) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/1512339 |
| OpenAlex | W299508035 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
Paul Laurence Dunbar, introduced to the American public by William Dean Howells, was the first native-born African American poet to achieve national and international fame. While there have been many valuable editions of his works over time, gaps have developed when manuscripts were lost or uncollected works became difficult to access. In His Own Voice brings together new and previously uncollected short stories, essays, and poems. Significantly, this volume also establishes Dunbar's reputation as a dramatist who mastered standard English conventions and used dialect in musical comedy for ironic effects. In His Own Voice collects more than a hundred works in six genres. Featured are the previously unpublished play Herrick and Dunbar's subversion of the minstrel tradition into one-acts that have been largely ignored for a century. This generous expension of the canon also includes a short story never before published. Professor Herbert Woodward Martin, renowned for his live portrayal of Dunbar, and Professor Ronald Primeau provide a literary and historical context to this previously untreated material, firmly cementing the reputation of an important American voice
Art · Literature · History · Music History and Culture · Poetry Analysis and Criticism · Theater, Performance, and Music History
| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 0,21 |
| Citation span | 2007 - 2017 (11) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |