Socialist joy in the writing of Langston Hughes / Jonathan Scott.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Scott, Jonathan, 1968-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Socialism in literature.

Socialism and literature--United States--History--20th century.

Socialism and literature.

African Americans in literature.

Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967--Criticism and interpretation.

Hughes, Langston.

Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967--Political and social views.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (265 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Explores Hughes's intellectual method and its relation to social activism. Examines his involvement with socialist movements of the 1920s and 1930s and contends that the goal of overthrowing white oppression produced a "socialist joy" expressed repeatedly in his later work, in spite of the anticommunist crusades of the cold war"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1 The Backward Glance

2 Socialism, Nationalism, and Nation-Consciousness The Antinomies of Langston Hughes

3 The Poet as Journalist Aesthetics of Black Equality

4 The Collage Aesthetic The Writer as Teacher

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-244) and index.

ISBN:

0-8262-6564-2

OCLC:

614505613