Letters from Langston (e-bog) af Hughes, Langston
Hughes, Langston (forfatter)

Letters from Langston e-bog

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Langston Hughes, one of Americas greatest writers, was an innovator of jazz poetry and a leader of the Harlem Renaissance whose poems and plays resonate widely today. Accessible, personal, and inspirational, Hughes's poems portray the African American community in struggle in the context of a turbulent modern United States and a rising black freedom movement. This indispensable volume of letter...
E-bog 288,10 DKK
Forfattere Hughes, Langston (forfatter), Patterson, MaryLouise (redaktør)
Udgivet 1 februar 2016
Længde 440 sider
Genrer 1KBB
Sprog English
Format epub
Beskyttelse LCP
ISBN 9780520960862
Langston Hughes, one of Americas greatest writers, was an innovator of jazz poetry and a leader of the Harlem Renaissance whose poems and plays resonate widely today. Accessible, personal, and inspirational, Hughes's poems portray the African American community in struggle in the context of a turbulent modern United States and a rising black freedom movement. This indispensable volume of letters between Hughes and four leftist confidants sheds vivid light on his life and politics.Letters from Langston begins in 1930 and ends shortly before his death in 1967, providing a window into a unique, self-created world where Hughes lived at ease. This distinctive volume collects the stories of Hughes and his friends in an era of uncertainty and reveals their visions of an idealized worldone without hunger, war, racism, and class oppression.