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| Genre/Form: | Handbooks, manuals, etc |
|---|---|
| Named Person: | Langston Hughes; Langston Hughes |
| Material Type: | Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Steven C Tracy |
| ISBN: | 0195144333 9780195144338 0195144341 9780195144345 |
| OCLC Number: | 51615262 |
| Description: | xi, 251 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. |
| Contents: | Hughes in our time / Steven C. Tracy -- Langston Hughes, 1902-1967 : a brief biography / R. Baxter Miller -- Hughes in his time. The poet speaks of places : a close reading of Langston Hughes's literary use of place / James de Jongh -- Langston Hughes and Afro-American vernacular music / Steven C. Tracy -- Hughes and twentieth-century genderracial issues / Joyce A. Joyce -- The adventures of a social poet : Langston Hughes from the Popular Front to Black Power / James Smethurst -- Illustrated chronology -- Bibliographical essay / Dolan Hubbard |
| Series Title: | Historical guides to American authors. |
| Responsibility: | edited by Steven C. Tracy. |
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<br>A Historical Guide to Langston Hughes is an excellent tool for both scholars and undergraduates alike, for it provides critical details and scholarly readings in a manner that is approachable and readable."--The Langston Hughes Review<p><br>"Offers a useful introduction to the 'Shakespeare of Harlem.' It firmly returns Hughes's prose and poetry to their historical and biographical contexts.... Together with the included biography, timeline, and bibliographic essay, these essays will be a helpful resource for college students."--Virginia Quarterly Review<p><br> Read more...
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