Letters from Langston : from the Harlem Renaissance to the Red Scare and beyond /

"One of the greatest American writers, Langston Hughes 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 conte...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967 (Autor)
Otros Autores: Crawford, Evelyn Louise (Editor ), Patterson, MaryLouise, 1943- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2016]
Temas:
Hughes, Langston, > 1902-1967 > Correspondence.
Hughes, Langston, > 1902-1967.
1900-1999
Authors, American > 20th century > Correspondence.
African American authors > Correspondence.
Écrivains américains > 20e siècle > Correspondance.
Écrivains noirs américains > Correspondance.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
African American authors.
Authors, American.
Personal correspondence.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Thank you and God for "the weary blues": October 1930-January 1932
  • Moscow bound in black and white: March 1932-February 1933
  • Horror in Scottsboro, Alabama, and war in Spain: May 1933-November 1937
  • A people's theatre in Harlem and Black anti-fascism on the rise: January 1938-December 1939
  • Early political repression: January 1940-November 1941
  • World War II and black radical organizing: June 1942-July 1944
  • Ebb and flow: to Chicago, New York, San Francisco, and back: July 1946-November 1949
  • MCarthyism at home, independence movements abroad: July 1950-December 1959
  • Civil rights, Black arts, and the people's poet: February 1960-August 1966.

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