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Langston Hughes, before and beyond Harlem / Faith Berry.
LIBRA Special PS3515.U274 Z617 1992
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Berry, Faith.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967.
- Hughes, Langston.
- 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
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