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by: Paul Laurence Dunbar
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780451527554
ISBN: 0451527550
Label: Signet Classics
Manufacturer: Signet Classics
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 176
Publication Date: December 01, 1999
Publisher: Signet Classics
Sales Rank: 183413
Studio: Signet Classics
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A watershed book in the history of African-American letters.
Hailed by Booker T. Washington as 'the Poet Laureate of the Negro Race,' Dunbar offers an ironic look at urban black life, through the story of a Southern family displaced to turn-of-the-last-century Harlem.
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Rating:  - From the South to the urban North
Paul Laurence Dunbar's novel "The Sport of the Gods" describes the experiences of an African-American family in the years following the abolition of slavery. According to the introduction by William L. Andrews in the Signet Classic edition of the novel, "Sport" first appeared in "Lippincott's" magazine in 1901 and was published in book form a year later.
After a disturbing turn of events, the Hamilton family leaves their home in the southern U.S. and makes their way to New York City, where ... Read More
Rating:  - Bleak, but powerful
Have you ever wanted to yell out to the heroes of your favorite movie "DON'T DO THAT YOU IDIOT!!"? This book is sometimes frustrating because you, the reader, can see where the plot is going and want so badly to help the story's characters avoid what seems to be the inevitable. A naturalistic picture of life, and an often-missed text which deserves more attention. It doesn't make you feel good-- but it does make you want to be sure that people have choices, that this sort of thing isn't allowed to ... Read More
Rating: - Great book that is often overlooked as a "required" classic.
My point being if we're going to require our nation's youth to read Huckleberry Finn in public schools, it is a shame that this book is often left off of the course syllabus. Perhaps because African-American literature doesn't receive as much attention as it should expains this oversight, but regardless of which authors you consider early American classic writers, this book will appeal to all demographics.
An interesting story revolving around a black family that is forced out of the South ... Read More
Rating: - Great book that is often overlooked as a "required" classic.
My point being if we're going to require our nation's youth to read Huckleberry Finn in public schools, it is a shame that this book is often left off of the course syllabus. Perhaps because African-American literature doesn't receive as much attention as it should expains this oversight, but regardless of which authors you consider early American classic writers, this book will appeal to all demographics.
An interesting story revolving around a black family that is forced out of the South ... Read More
Rating: - An excellent work of literature and history
Please disregard the comments on the review below. To begin with, "The Sport of the Gods" is not a commentary on the mid 90's! It is a novel from the early 20th century about the hardships of the negro race in the northern urban areas (NY in this case). The novel is a bit harsh in its depiction of prejudice but that is precisely what makes it most compelling. The lack of hope presented in it is a social commentary about both the white and the black trying to rise up from slavery. In general ... Read More
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