Langston Hughes, before and beyond Harlem / Faith Berry.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: A Citadel Press bookPublication details: Secaucus, New Jersey : Carol Publishing Group, [1992], c1983.Description: xv, 394 pages ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 0806513071 :
Other title:
  • Langston Hughes, a biography: Before and beyond Harlem [Cover title]
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 818/.5209 B 20
LOC classification:
  • PS 3515.U274 Z617 1992
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Contents:
1. From these roots -- 2. Significant moves -- 3. The making of a poet -- 4. Hail and farewell -- 5. Africa and Europe -- 6. Spring cannot be far behind -- 7. A temple for tomorrow -- 8. A bone of contention -- 9. South of the border -- 10. On the cross of the South -- 11. Black and white -- 12. Dust and rainbows -- 13. Zero hour -- 14. Chains of the east -- 15. Blood on the fields -- 16. Mailbox for the dead -- 17. Honor and hunger -- 18. Nightmare dream -- 19, A world apart -- 20. The need for heroes -- Epilogue: Full circle -- Appendix A: Breaking silence: The meaning of biographical truth -- Appendix B: The challenge of access: Archival materials.
Summary: "Portrays the American black writer and man of letters Langston Hughes, his Midwest roots, his college days (already a recognized poet), his travels, permanent settlement in Harlem, and involvement in the Harlem Renaissance." -- publisherSummary: "As a critical biographical study, Langston Hughes gives attention to the public and the private man in all his dimensions. It places in perspective the career of this astonishing man of letters -- poet, novelist, translator, short story writer, essayist, liberttist, journalist, dramatist, humorist and world traveler - the author of the Weary Blues as well as Mulatto, the Big Sea, Laughing to Keep from Crying, and a gallery of others. Here is the simple yet complex man who touched the deepest chord of feelings in others, yet revealed little of himself. It is the story of a creator whose legacy extends far beyond the stereotype of him as "the bard of Harlem." -- back cover
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BOOKS BOOKS Niebyl-Proctor Marxist Library General Stacks PS 3515 .U274 Z617 1992 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not For Loan NPML20120014
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Originally published: Westport, Conn. : L. Hill, c1983.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 331-358) and index.

1. From these roots -- 2. Significant moves -- 3. The making of a poet -- 4. Hail and farewell -- 5. Africa and Europe -- 6. Spring cannot be far behind -- 7. A temple for tomorrow -- 8. A bone of contention -- 9. South of the border -- 10. On the cross of the South -- 11. Black and white -- 12. Dust and rainbows -- 13. Zero hour -- 14. Chains of the east -- 15. Blood on the fields -- 16. Mailbox for the dead -- 17. Honor and hunger -- 18. Nightmare dream -- 19, A world apart -- 20. The need for heroes -- Epilogue: Full circle -- Appendix A: Breaking silence: The meaning of biographical truth -- Appendix B: The challenge of access: Archival materials.

"Portrays the American black writer and man of letters Langston Hughes, his Midwest roots, his college days (already a recognized poet), his travels, permanent settlement in Harlem, and involvement in the Harlem Renaissance." -- publisher

"As a critical biographical study, Langston Hughes gives attention to the public and the private man in all his dimensions. It places in perspective the career of this astonishing man of letters -- poet, novelist, translator, short story writer, essayist, liberttist, journalist, dramatist, humorist and world traveler - the author of the Weary Blues as well as Mulatto, the Big Sea, Laughing to Keep from Crying, and a gallery of others. Here is the simple yet complex man who touched the deepest chord of feelings in others, yet revealed little of himself. It is the story of a creator whose legacy extends far beyond the stereotype of him as "the bard of Harlem." -- back cover

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