About this trail:
This trail offers a brief introduction to the life and work of Paul Laurence Dunbar.
1
Read this biography of Paul Laurence Dunbar on the University of Dayton's Dunbar site.
2
Read Paul Laurence Dunbar's "An Ante-bellum Sermon" on this site created by the University of Dayton. If you want to download RealPlayer, you can also listen to the poem, but you do not have to.
3
Read Dunbar's "We Wear the Mask" on this page created by the University of Dayton. If you want to download RealPlayer, you can also listen to the poem, but you do not have to.
4
This page provides some discussion of Dunbar's poem "We Wear the Mask" which might help you understand the ideas and the form of the poem.
This page is part of the website Modern American Poetry which is a companion to the book Anthology of Modern American Poetry published by Oxford University Press.
Continue along the trail after reading this page.
This page is part of the website Modern American Poetry which is a companion to the book Anthology of Modern American Poetry published by Oxford University Press.
Continue along the trail after reading this page.
5
Read Dunbar's short story "Mr. Cornelius Johnson, Office-Seeker" from the February. 1899, edition of the magazine The Cosmopolitan.
This is the end of the Dunbar trail.
This is the end of the Dunbar trail.




