The Outcast Poetics of Paul Laurence Dunbar and Edwin Arlington Robinson

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

Winter 2015

Abstract

The article focuses on the poems by Paul Laurence Dunbar and Edwin Arlington Robinson including "Banjo Song," "The Poet and His Song," and "Zola." It discusses how Dunbar and Robinson wrote about the outcast urban poor and the early history of American literary naturalism. It explores the similarity and difference between the writing style of Dunbar and Robinson.

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