The Collected Works of Langston Hughes Vol. 3. The Poems: 1951-1967

RAMPERSAD, Arnold (ed.)

ISBN 10: 0826213405 / ISBN 13: 9780826213402

Verlag: U. of Missouri Press, Columbia, 2001

Beschreibung

xvii, [2], 329 p. 24 cm. Black cloth. Ex library with labels on spine and front cover, ink stamps on top edge and title.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 151538

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: The Collected Works of Langston Hughes Vol. 3. The Poems: 1951-1967
• Verlag: U. of Missouri Press, Columbia
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2001
• ISBN-10: 0826213405
• ISBN-13: 9780826213402
• Einband: Hardcover
• Zustand: ex library-very good
• Verkäuferkataloge:
  • Poetry

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Inhaltsangabe

Volume 2 includes the books Shakespeare in Harlem (1942), Jim Crow's Last Stand (1943), Fields of Wonder (1947), and One-Way Ticket (1948). Starting around 1940, Hughes turned away from radical socialism toward strong support for the national war effort; as a poet, he resumed his experimentation in the blues, as Shakespeare in Harlem briliantly demonstrates. With this change in political emphasis came a renewed commitment to the achievement of civil rights for blacks, which Jim Crow's Last Stand vigorously asserts. In contrast, Fields of Wonder was Hughes's only book devoted entirely to lyric verse; but the next volume, One-Way Ticket, restored the balance that was essential to his creative expression as a poet.

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About the Editor
Arnold Rampersad is Professor Emeritus of English at Stanford University in California. He is the author, coauthor, or editor of numerous publications, including The Life of Langston Hughes, Jackie Robinson: A Biography, and, with Arthur Ashe, Days of Grace: A Memoir. He is a 2010 recipient of the National Humanities Medal.

About the Author
Langston Hughes was one of the most influential and prolific writers of the twentieth century.