Langston Hughes, before and beyond Harlem / Faith Berry.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Berry, Faith.

Contributor:

• Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967.
• Poets, American--20th century--Biography.
• Poets, American.
• African American poets--Biography.
• African American poets.
• Hughes Langston--Biographie.

Genre:

• Biographies.

Penn Provenance:

• Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copies 1 & 2)

Physical Description:

xv, 394 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Secaucus, N.J. : Carol Pub. Group, [1992]

Summary:

Portrays the African American writer and man of letters Langston Hughes, his Midwest roots, his college days (already a recognized poet), his travels, permanent settlement in Harlem, and involvement in the Harlem Renaissance.

Contents:

• From these roots
• Significant moves
• The making of a poet
• Hail and farewell
• Africa and Europe
• Spring cannot be far behind
• A temple for tomorrow
• A bone of contention
• South of the border
• On the cross of the South
• Black and white
• Dust and rainbows
• Zero hour
• Chains of the east
• Blood on the fields
• Mailbox for the dead
• Honor and hunger
• Nightmare dream
• A world apart
• The need for heroes
• Epilogue: full circle
• Appendix. A: Breaking silence: the meaning of biographical truth ; B: the challenge of access : archival materials.

Notes:

• "A Citadel Press book."
• Reprint. Originally published: Westport, Conn. : L. Hill, c1983.
• Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-358) and index.

ISBN:

• 0806513071
• 9780806513072

OCLC:

26588084