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Paul Laurence Dunbar was one of the first black writers to gain wide readership and respect. He was born not long after the Civil War, in 1872, to former slaves and began writing poetry at the age of 6. At age 16 his poems were being published in newspapers, and at age 21 his first book of poetry was published. Only a few years later, he had started attracting attention from respected literary critics and national audiences. His work was published in the Saturday Evening Post and Harper's Weekly, popular mainstream periodicals of the time. He was known especially as a poet, but also wrote novels, short stories, essays, plays, and the lyrics for an all-black musical that toured the U.S. and England for four years. Dunbar wrote both in dialect and in formal English; his dialect poetry was more popular originally, but his formal poetry now receives the most attention. Dunbar died at the young age of 33 in 1906.
Paul Laurence Dunbar's use of dialect was influenced by Scottish poet Robert Burns, who also wrote in dialect. Dunbar admired Burns's ability to capture the sounds and rhythms of everyday speech in his poetry, and he sought to emulate this in his own work. Both poets used dialect to give voice to the common people and convey a sense of authenticity and intimacy in their writing.
Paul A. Griffith has written: 'Afro-Caribbean poetry and ritual' -- subject(s): Caribbean poetry (English), History and criticism, Ritual in literature, In literature, Black authors
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Paul Baudiquey has written: 'Pleins signes' -- subject(s): Christian poetry, French, French Christian poetry
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Paul Hendon has written: 'The Poetry of W.H. Auden'
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Paul Bjarnason has written: 'Odes and echoes' -- subject(s): Icelandic poetry, Translations into English, English poetry, Translations from Icelandic 'More echoes, being translations mainly from the Icelandic' -- subject(s): Icelandic poetry, Translations into English, English poetry, Translations from Icelandic
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Paul Zapp has written: 'Deutsche Weihestunden' -- subject(s): German poetry
Paul J. Ferlazzo has written: 'Poetry and the American presidency' -- subject(s): Presidents, Politics and literature, Poetry, Knowledge and learning 'Emily Dickinson (U.)'