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Document Type
Book
Description
Lyrics of Love and Laughter was crafted following another severe round of pneumonia. With this work, however, Dunbar secured his reputation as the premier African-American poet in the United States at the time. Like earlier volumes, this book contained poems in both dialect and standard English, reflecting its mix of both sentimental and realistic depictions of African-American life. The book included eleven poems not previously collected within a book.
Publication Date
1903
Publisher
Dodd, Mead and Company
Keywords
African Americans--Poetry; Dunbar, Paul Laurence, 1872-1906
Disciplines
American Literature | Arts and Humanities | English Language and Literature | Literature in English, North America, Ethnic and Cultural Minority | Poetry
Repository Citation
Dunbar , P. L. (1903). Lyrics of Love and Laughter. : Dodd, Mead and Company.
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American Literature Commons, Literature in English, North America, Ethnic and Cultural Minority Commons, Poetry Commons