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The complete stories of Paul Laurence Dunbar / edited by Gene Andrew Jarrett and Thomas Lewis Morgan ; foreword by Shelley Fisher Fishkin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dunbar, Paul Laurence, 1872-1906.
- Standardized Title:
- Short stories
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African Americans--Fiction.
- African Americans.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Physical Description:
- xlv, 542 pages ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Athens : Ohio University Press, [2005]
- Contents:
- I Collected Stories
- Folks from Dixie (1898)
- Anner 'Lizer's Stumblin' Block 3
- The Ordeal at Mt. Hope 11
- The Colonel's Awakening 25
- The Trial Sermons on Bull-Skin 29
- Jimsella 38
- Mt. Pisgah's Christmas 'Possum 41
- A Family Feud 45
- Aunt Mandy's Investment 51
- The Intervention of Peter 55
- Nelse Hatton's Vengeance 59
- At Shaft 11 65
- The Deliberation of Mr. Dunkin 75
- The Strength of Gideon and Other Stories (1900)
- The Strength of Gideon 86
- Mammy Peggy's Pride 94
- Viney's Free Papers 103
- The Fruitful Sleeping of the Rev. Elisha Edwards 110
- The Ingrate 115
- The Case of "Ca'line" 120
- The Finish of Patsy Barnes 122
- One Man's Fortunes 127
- Jim's Probation 139
- Uncle Simon's Sundays Out 143
- Mr. Cornelius Johnson, Office-Seeker 153
- An Old-Time Christmas 160
- A Mess of Pottage 163
- The Trustfulness of Polly 167
- The Tragedy at Three Forks 171
- The Finding of Zach 176
- Johnsonham, Junior 179
- The Faith Cure Man 182
- A Council of State 185
- Silas Jackson 194
- In Old Plantation Days (1903)
- Aunt Tempe's Triumph 202
- Aunt Tempe's Revenge 206
- The Walls of Jericho 211
- How Brother Parker Fell from Grace 216
- The Trousers 220
- The Last Fiddling of Mordaunt's Jim 224
- A Supper by Proxy 228
- The Trouble about Sophiny 232
- Mr. Groby's Slippery Gift 237
- Ash-Cake Hannah and Her Ben 241
- Dizzy-Headed Dick 246
- The Conjuring Contest 249
- Dandy Jim's Conjure Scare 254
- The Memory of Martha 257
- Who Stand for the Gods 262
- A Lady Slipper 266
- A Blessed Deceit 272
- The Brief Cure of Aunt Fanny 277
- The Stanton Coachman 282
- The Easter Wedding 285
- The Finding of Martha 288
- The Defection of Maria Ann Gibbs 297
- A Judgment of Paris 302
- Silent Sam'el 307
- The Way of a Woman 311
- The Heart of Happy Hollow (1904)
- The Scapegoat 315
- One Christmas at Shiloh 325
- The Mission of Mr. Scatters 329
- A Matter of Doctrine 339
- Old Abe's Conversion 344
- The Race Question 349
- A Defender of the Faith 351
- Cahoots 354
- The Promoter 358
- The Wisdom of Silence 366
- The Triumph of Ol' Mis' Pease 370
- The Lynching of Jube Benson 375
- Schwalliger's Philanthropy 380
- The Interference of Patsy Ann 385
- The Home-Coming of 'Rastus Smith 389
- The Boy and the Bayonet 394
- II Uncollected Stories
- Dialect Stories (New York Journal and Advertiser, 1897)
- Buss Jinkins Up Nawth: A Human Nature Sketch of Real Darkey Life in New York 401
- Yellowjack's Game of Craps: A Character Sketch of Real Darky Life in New York 404
- How George Johnson "Won Out": A Character Sketch of Real Darky Life in New York 407
- The Hoodooing of Mr. Bill Simms: A Darky Dialect Story 411
- "Ohio Pastorals" (Lippincott's, 1901)
- The Mortification of the Flesh 414
- The Independence of Silas Bollender 420
- The White Counterpane 426
- The Minority Committee 434
- The Visiting of Mother Danbury 440
- Individual Stories (1890-1905)
- His Bride of the Tomb 446
- His Failure in Arithmetic 449
- His Little Lark 450
- From Impulse 451
- The Tenderfoot 455
- Little Billy 459
- The End of the Chapter 463
- Lafe Halloway's Two Fights 465
- The Emancipation of Evalina Jones 472
- The Lion Tamer 477
- Nathan Makes His Proposal 481
- In a Circle 482
- Jethro's Garden 484
- The Vindication of Jared Hargot 488
- The Way of Love 494
- The Churching of Grandman Pleasant 499
- The Case of Cadwallader 503
- Jimmy Weedon's Contretemps 510
- Ole Conju'in Joe 515
- A Prophesy of Fate 519
- Sister Jackson's Superstitions 523.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 539-540) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0821416448
- OCLC:
- 61456598
- Publisher Number:
- 9780821416440
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