Langston Hughes / W. Jason Miller.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Miller, W. Jason, author.

Series:

Critical lives (London, England)

Critical lives

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967.

Hughes, Langston.

African American poets--Biography.

African American poets.

Poets, American--20th century--Biography.

Poets, American.

Genre:

Biographies.

Literary criticism.

Physical Description:

223 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.

Place of Publication:

London : Reaktion Books, 2020.

Summary:

As the first black author in America to make his living exclusively by writing, Langston Hughes inspired a generation of writers and activists. One of the pioneers of jazz poetry, Hughes led the Harlem Renaissance, while Martin Luther King invoked his signature metaphor of dreaming in his speeches.In this new biography, W. Jason Miller illuminates Hughes's status as an international literary figure through a compelling look at the relationship between his extraordinary life and his canonical works. Drawing on unpublished letters and manuscripts, Miller addresses Hughes's often ignored contributions to the civil rights movement of the 1960s and his complex and well-guarded sexuality, and repositions him as a writer, rather than merely the most beloved African American poet of the twentieth century.

Contents:

Prologue

Motherless Child, 1901-19

2 I, Too, am America, 1919-24

3 A Bone of Contention, 1924-30

4 In the USSR, 1930-33

5 Let America Be America Again, 1933-40

6 Aimee B. Simple, 1940-45

7 F. B. Eyes, 1945-50

8 Montage of a Dream Deferred, 1950-53

9 Seeing Red, 1953-60

10 Bright Tomorrows, 1960-62

11 I Dream a World, 1962-7

Epilogue

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1789141958

9781789141955

OCLC:

1104459436