The life of Langston Hughes. Volume l, 1902-1941 : I, too, sing America / Arnold Rampersad.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rampersad, Arnold.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967.

Hughes, Langston.

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

Poets, American.

African American poets--Biography.

African American poets.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (521 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

February 1, 2002 marks the 100th birthday of Langston Hughes. To commemorate the centennial of his birth, Arnold Rampersad has contributed new Afterwords to both volumes of his highly-praised biography of this most extraordinary and prolific American writer. In young adulthood Hughes possessed a nomadic but dedicated spirit that led him from Mexico to Africa and the Soviet Union to Japan, and countless other stops around the globe. Associating with political activists, patrons, and fellow artists, and drawing inspiration from both Walt Whitman and the vibrant Afro-American culture, Hughes soon

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""1. A Kansas Boyhood (1902 to 1915)""; ""2. Outsetting Bard (1915 to 1921)""; ""3. My People (1921 to 1923)""; ""4. On the Big Sea (1923 to 1924)""; ""5. We Have Tomorrow (1924 to 1926)""; ""6. A Lion at Lincoln (1926 to 1927)""; ""7. Godmother and Langston (1927 to 1930)""; ""8. Flight and Fall (1930 to 1931)""; ""9. Starting Over (1931 to 1932)""; ""10. Good Morning, Revolution (1932 to 1933)""; ""11. Waiting on Roosevelt (1933 to 1935)""; ""12. Still Waiting on Roosevelt (1935 to 1937)""; ""13. Earthquake Weather (1937 to 1939)""

""14. The Fall of a Titan (1939 to 1941)""""Afterword""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Notes""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z""

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed January 23, 2014).

ISBN:

0-19-976086-1