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Weary Blues by Langston Hughes (2022, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherDover Publications, Incorporated
ISBN-100486849015
ISBN-139780486849010
eBay Product ID (ePID)22050070193
Product Key Features
Book TitleWeary Blues
Number of Pages96 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2022
TopicAmerican / African American
GenrePoetry
AuthorLangston Hughes
Book SeriesDover Thrift Editions: Black History Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Weight3.4 Oz
Item Length8 in
Item Width5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2021-021968
Dewey Edition23
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Decimal811/.52
Table Of ContentIntroducing Langston Hughes to the Reader by Carl Van Vechten Proem THE WEARY BLUES The Weary Blues Jazzonia Negro Dancers The Cat and the Saxophone Young Singer Cabaret To Midnight Nan at Leroy's To a Little Lover-Lass, Dead Harlem Night Club Nude Young Dancer Young Prostitute To a Black Dancer in "The Little Savoy" Song for a Banjo Dance Blues Fantasy Lenox Avenue: Midnight DREAM VARIATIONS Dream Variation Winter Moon Poème d'Automne Fantasy in Purple March Moon Joy THE NEGRO SPEAKS OF RIVERS The Negro Speaks of Rivers Cross The Jester The South As I Grew Older Aunt Sue's Stories Poem BLACK PIERROT A Black Pierrot Harlem Night Song Songs to the Dark Virgin Ardella Poem When Sue Wears Red Pierrot WATER-FRONT STREETS Water-Front Streets A Farewell Long Trip Port Town Sea Calm Caribbean Sunset Young Sailor Seascape Natcha Sea Charm Death of an Old Seaman SHADOWS IN THE SUN Beggar Boy Troubled Woman Suicide's Note Sick Room Soledad To the Dark Mercedes of "El Palacio de Amor" Mexican Market Woman After Many Springs Young Bride The Dream Keeper Poem OUR LAND Our Land Lament for Dark Peoples Afraid Poem Summer Night Disillusion Danse Africaine The White Ones Mother to Son Poem Epilogue Alphabetical List of Titles Alphabetical List of First Lines
SynopsisThe Weary Blues is Langston Hughes's first published collection of poems, immediately celebrated as a tour de force upon its release. Over ninety years after its publication, it remains a critically acclaimed literary work and still evokes a fresh, contemporary feeling and offers a powerful reflection of the Black experience. From the title poem "The Weary Blues," echoing the sounds of the blues, to "Dream Variation," ringing with joyfulness, to the "Epilogue" that mimics Walt Whitman in its opening line, "I, too, sing America," Hughes writes clearly and colorfully, and his words remain prophetic and relevant today., Immediately celebrated as a tour de force upon its release, Langston Hughes's first published collection of poems still offers a powerful reflection of the Black experience. From "The Weary Blues" to "Dream Variation," Hughes writes clearly and colorfully, and his words remain prophetic.
LC Classification NumberPS3515.U274W4 2022
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