All These Things the Old Tales Tell - The Selected Poetry of Alice Dunbar Nelson

Alice Dunbar Nelson

Description

Alice Dunbar Nelson (1875–1935) was an American journalist, political activist, and poet. She belonged to the first generation of black southerners born into freedom following the Civil War and gained acclaim for her poetry, columns, dramas, and stories. This fantastic book contains a brand new collection of Nelson's best and most famous poetry, highly recommended for poetry lovers with an interest in the history of slavery in the United States. Contents include: “Three Thoughts”, “A Plaint”, “Impressions”, “You! Inez!”, “Legend of the Newspaper”, “Amid the Roses”, “Paul to Virginia - Fin De Siecle”, “In Memoriam”, “At Bay St. Louis”, “I Sit and Sew”, “New Year's Day”, “Farewell”, “If I had Known”, “Chalmetle”, “The Idler”, etc. Other notable works by this author include: "As in a Looking Glass" (1926–1930), "The Colored United States" (1924), and “People of Color in Louisiana" (1917). Ragged Hand is proudly publishing this brand new collection of classic poetry with a specially-commissioned biography of the author.

Sujets

• African American
• Poetry
• American
• Black

Informations

• Publié par: Read Books Ltd.
• Date de parution: 31 juillet 2020
• Nombre de lectures: 1
• EAN13: 9781528791014
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

Extrait

ALL THESE THINGS THE OLD TALES TELL
THE BEST OF ALICE DUNBAR NELSON
By
ALICE DUNBAR NELSON



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Contents
Alice Dunbar Nelson
THREE THOUGHTS
A PLAINT
IMPRESSIONS
YOU! INEZ!
LEGEND OF THE NEWSPAPER
AMID THE ROSES
PAUL TO VIRGINIA
FIN DE SIECLE
IN MEMORIAM
AT BAY ST. LOUIS
I SIT AND SEW
NEW YEAR'S DAY
FAREWELL
IF I HAD KNOWN
CHALMETLE
THE IDLER
FOREST FIRE
LOVE AND THE BUTTERFLY
TO MADAME CURIE
SONNET
BIBLIOGRAPHY


Alice Dunbar Nelson
Alice Ruth Moore Dunbar Nelson was born in New Orleans, USA in 1875. Among the first generation of African-Americans born free in the South after the Civil War, she attended college and graduated from Straight University (now Dillard University) in 1892.
After graduating, she started work as a teacher in the public school system of New Orleans.
In 1895 Nelson's first collection of short stories and poems, Violets and Other Tales , was published by The Monthly Review . Around that time, Moore moved to New York, where she co-founded and taught at the White Rose Mission in Brooklyn. Beginning a correspondence with the poet and publisher Paul Dunbar, she eventually married him in 1898, and moved into a house with him in Washington D.C.
She and Paul Dunbar separated in 1902 – reputedly because of her lesbian affairs – and Dunbar died four years later. Alice Dunbar then moved to Wilmington, Delaware and taught at Howard High School for more than a decade. In 1910 she married Henry A. Callis, a prominent physician and professor at Howard University, but this marriage ended in divorce.
From 1913 to 1914, Dunbar was coeditor and writer for the A.M.E. Review , an influential church publication produced by the African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME Church). In 1916, she married the poet and civil rights activist Robert J. Nelson, and joined him in becoming active in politics in Wilmington and the region. They stayed together for the rest of their lives. From 1920, she coedited the Wilmington Advocate , a progressive African-American newspaper. She also published The Dunbar Speaker and Entertainer , a literary anthology for an African-American audience.
During the twenties and thirties, Alice Dunbar Nelson was a prominent activist for African Americans' and women's rights. While she continued to write stories and poetry, she became more politically active in Wilmington, and put more effort into numerous articles and journalism on leading topics.
In 1915, Nelson was field organizer for the Middle Atlantic states for the woman's suffrage movement. In 1918, she was field representative for the Woman's Committee of the Council of Defense, and six years later she campaigned for the passage of the Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill.
Over the course of her life, Nelson published more than fifteen collections of short stories and poetry, and numerous political articles. She was arguably the most prominent figure in the early artistic flourishing of the Harlem Renaissance. Nelson died in 1935, aged 60.


All these things the old tales tell
THE BEST OF ALICE DUNBAR NELSON


THREE THOUGHTS
FIRST
How few of us