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Selected Poems of Langston Hughes
A Classic Collection of Poems by a Master of American Verse
Series: Vintage Classics
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Ideal for readers interested in American poetry, Black cultural history, jazz-influenced verse, and 20th-century literature.
A collection of the author's favorite poetry from published books, private publications, and unpublished manuscripts.
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Langston Hughes electrified readers and launched a renaissance in Black writing in America. The poems in this collection were chosen by Hughes himself shortly before his death and represent stunning work from his entire career.
The poems Hughes wrote celebrated the experience of invisible men and women — of slaves who "rushed the boots of Washington"; of musicians on Lenox Avenue; of the poor and the lovesick; of losers in "the raffle of night." They conveyed that experience in a voice that blended the spoken with the sung, that turned poetic lines into the phrases of jazz and blues, and that ripped through the curtain separating high from popular culture. They spanned the range from the lyric to the polemic, ringing out "wonder and pain and terror — and the marrow of the bone of life."
The collection includes "The Negro Speaks of Rivers," "The Weary Blues," "Still Here," "Song for a Dark Girl," "Montage of a Dream Deferred," and "Refugee in America." It gives us a poet of extraordinary range, directness, and stylistic virtuosity.
Selected Poems of Langston Hughes offers a deep insight into the powerful and vibrant legacy of one of America’s most celebrated poets.
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The Philadelphia Inquirer describes Hughes as "a titanic figure in 20th-century American literature" and "a powerful interpreter of the American experience."
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ISBN: 9780679728184
Publisher: Random House USA Inc
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 12 September 1990
Country: United States
Imprint: Vintage Books
Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 17.0mm
Width: 130.0mm
Height: 202.0mm
Weight: 255g
Pages: 320
About the Author
LANGSTON HUGHES (1901–1967), one of the great poets of the Harlem Renaissance, was born in Joplin, Missouri, and spent much of his childhood in Kansas before moving to Harlem. Among his numerous awards and honors were a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1935, a Rosenwald Fellowship in 1940, and an American Academy of Arts and Letters Grant in 1947.
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