A historical guide to Langston Hughes /

A historical guide to Langston Hughes /

Langston Hughes has been an inspiration to generations of readers and writers seeking a passionate, intelligent, and socially responsible art. In this volume, Steven C. Tracy has gathered a broad range of critics to produce an interdisciplinary approach to the important historical and cultural eleme...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Tracy, Steven C. (Steven Carl), 1954-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.
Series:Historical guides to American authors.
Subjects:
Hughes, Langston, > 1902-1967 > Criticism and interpretation > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Hughes, Langston, > 1902-1967 > Criticism and interpretation.
Hughes, Langston, > 1902-1967 > Critique et interprétation.
Hughes, Langston, > 1902-1967
African Americans in literature > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
African Americans in literature.
Noirs américains dans la littérature.
Noirs américains dans la littérature > Guides, manuels, etc.
Handbook
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Handbooks and manuals.
Guides et manuels.
Table of 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.