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Author Alexander, Eleanor

Title Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow : the Tragic Courtship and Marriage of Paul Laurence Dunbar and Alice Ruth Moore
Published New York : NYU Press, 2001

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Description 1 online resource (255 pages)
Contents Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1: The Child Is Father of the Man; Chapter 2: To Escape the Reproach of Her Birth and Blood; Chapter 3: The Wooing; Chapter 4: One Damned Night of Folly; Chapter 5: Parted; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author
Summary A New York Times Notable Book of 2002!. Sexism, racism, self-hatred, and romantic love: all figure in prominently in this scholarly-but nicely hard-boiled-discussion of the bond between the famous Paul Laurence Dunbar and his wife Alice. Eleanor Alexander's analysis of turn-of-the-twentieth-century black marriage is required reading for every student of American, especially African-American, heterosexual relationships."--Nell Painter, Edwards Professor of American History, Princeton University, Author of Sojourner Truth, A Life, A Symbol. "Rich in documentation and generous in analy
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Subject Dunbar-Nelson, Alice Moore, 1875-1935 -- Marriage
Dunbar, Paul Laurence, 1872-1906 -- Marriage
SUBJECT Dunbar-Nelson, Alice Moore, 1875-1935 fast
Dunbar, Paul Laurence, 1872-1906 fast
Subject African Americans -- Biography
African American authors -- Biography
Married people -- United States -- Biography
Poets, American -- 19th century -- Biography
Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography
Authors' spouses -- United States -- Biography
HISTORY -- United States -- 20th Century.
African American authors
African Americans
Authors, American
Authors' spouses
Marriage
Married people
Poets, American
United States
Genre/Form Biographies
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780814707555
0814707556