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Selected Poems of Langston Hughes: A Classic Collection of Poems by a Master of American Verse
The poems in this volume were chosen by Hughes himself shortly before his death in 1967 and encompass work from his entire career. His poetry launched a revolution among black writers in America.
Book Details
- Publisher: Vintage
- Publish Date: Sep 12nd, 1990
- Pages: 320
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 7.90in - 5.10in - 0.70in - 0.65lb
- EAN: 9780679728184
- Categories: • American - African American & Black• Subjects & Themes - Death, Grief, Loss• Subjects & Themes - Places
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.
Praise for this book
"Langston Hughes is a titanic figure in 20th-century American literature . . . a powerful interpreter of the American experience." --The Philadelphia Inquirer