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Langston Hughes and the *Chicago Defender* : Essays on Race, Politics, and Culture, 1942-62 by Langston Hughes (1995, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherUniversity of Illinois Press
ISBN-100252064747
ISBN-139780252064746
eBay Product ID (ePID)78269
Product Key Features
Book TitleLangston Hughes and the *Chicago Defender* : Essays on Race, Politics, and Culture, 1942-62
Number of Pages280 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1995
TopicJournalism, Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
GenreSocial Science, Language Arts & Disciplines
AuthorLangston Hughes
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight15.2 Oz
Item Length8.9 in
Item Width6.5 in
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Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN94-045656
Reviews''The most persistent criticism of Langston Hughes has been that he was not a thinker, that he had no ideas to speak of ... A collection of this kind is needed to do justice to the often inspired quality of Hughes's weekly journalistic writing and to expand our sense of his interests and ideas. De Santis's is the first book to bring this material within easy reach.'' -- Arnold Rampersad., "The most persistent criticism of Langston Hughes has been that he was not a thinker, that he had no ideas to speak of . . . A collection of this kind is needed to do justice to the often inspired quality of Hughes's weekly journalistic writing and to expand our sense of his interests and ideas. De Santis's is the first book to bring this material within easy reach." -- Arnold Rampersad., "The most persistent criticism of Langston Hughes has been that he was not a thinker, that he had no ideas to speak of, was not an intellectual, and therefore need not be taken too seriously by intellectuals and scholars. A collection of this kind is needed to do justice to the often inspired quality of Hughes's weekly journalistic writing and to expand our sense of his interests and ideas. De Santis's is the first book to bring this material within easy reach."-- Arnold Rampersad, author of the two-volume The Life of Langston Hughes
Dewey Edition20
Dewey Decimal814/.52
SynopsisLangston Hughes is well known as a poet, playwright, novelist, social activist, communist sympathizer, and brilliant member of the Harlem Renaissance. He has been referred to as the ''Dean of Black Letters'' and the ''poet low-rate of Harlem.''But it was as a columnist for the famous African-American newspaper the Chicago Defender that Hughes chronicled the hopes and despair of his people. For twenty years, he wrote forcefully about international race relations, Jim Crow, the South, white supremacy, imperialism and fascism, segregation in the armed forces, the Soviet Union and communism, and African-American art and culture. None of the racial hypocrisies of American life escaped his searing, ironic prose.This is the first collection of Hughes's nonfiction journalistic writings. For readers new to Hughes, it is an excellent introduction; for those familiar with him, it gives new insights into his poems and fiction., Langston Hughes is well known as a poet, playwright, novelist, social activist, communist sympathizer, and brilliant member of the Harlem Renaissance. He has been referred to as the ''Dean of Black Letters'' and the ''poet low-rate of Harlem.''But it was as a columnist for the famous African-American newspaper the Chicago Defender that Hughes ......, Langston Hughes is well known as a poet, playwright, novelist, social activist, communist sympathizer, and brilliant member of the Harlem Renaissance. He has been referred to as the "Dean of Black Letters" and the "poet low-rate of Harlem." But it was as a columnist for the famous African-American newspaper the Chicago Defender that Hughes chronicled the hopes and despair of his people. For twenty years, he wrote forcefully about international race relations, Jim Crow, the South, white supremacy, imperialism and fascism, segregation in the armed forces, the Soviet Union and communism, and African-American art and culture. None of the racial hypocrisies of American life escaped his searing, ironic prose. This is the first collection of Hughes's nonfiction journalistic writings. For readers new to Hughes, it is an excellent introduction; for those familiar with him, it gives new insights into his poems and fiction.
LC Classification NumberPS3515.U274A6 1995
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