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The Art and Imagination of Langston Hughes by R. Baxter Miller (Paperback, 2006)
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Langston Hughes was one of the most important American writers of his generation, and one of the most versatile, producing poetry, fiction, drama, and autobiography. In this invative study, R. Baxter Miller explores Hughes's life and art to enlarge our appreciation of his contribution to American letters.Arguing that readers often miss the complexity of Hughes's work because of its seeming accessibility, Miller begins with a discussion of the writer's auto-biography, an important yet hitherto neglected key to his imagination. Moving on to consider the subtle resonances of his life in the varied genres over which his imagination wandered, Miller finds a constant symbiotic bond between the historical and the lyrical. The range of Hughes's artistic vision is revealed in his depiction of Black women, his political stance, his lyric and tragi-comic modes.This is one of the first studies to apply recent methods of literary analysis, including formalist, structuralist, and semiotic criticism, to the work of a Black American writer. Miller t only affirms in Hughes's work the peculiar qualities of Black American culture but provides a unifying conception of his art and identifies the primary metaphors lying at its heart.Here is a fresh and coherent reading of the work of one of the twentieth century's greatest voices, a reinterpretation that renews our appreciation t only of Black American text and heritage but of the literary imagination itself.Product Identifiers
PublisherUniversity Press of Kentucky
ISBN-100813191521
ISBN-139780813191522
eBay Product ID (ePID)95779898
Product Key Features
Number of Pages172 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameArt and Imagination of Langston Hughes
Publication Year2006
SubjectAmerican / African American
TypeTextbook
AuthorR. Baxter Miller
Subject AreaLiterary Criticism
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Weight8 Oz
Item Length8.5 in
Item Width5.5 in
Height216mm
Width140mm
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
Place of PublicationLexington
Country of PublicationUnited States
Author BiographyR. Baxter Miller, professor of English and director of the Institute for African American Studies at the University of Georgia, is the author of many books.
Edition StatementNew Edition
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