A Historical Guide To Langston Hughes

Author : Steven C. Tracy
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0195144341
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Historical Guide to Langston Hughes written by Steven C. Tracy and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2004 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Langston Hughes has been an inspiration to generations of readers and writers seeking a passionate, intelligent, and socially responsible art. In this volume, Steven C. Tracy has gathered a broad range of critics to produce an interdisciplinary approach to the important historical and cultural elements reflected in Hughes's work. Their essays, all previously unpublished, place Hughes in the context of Harlem, his preferred geographical and spiritual home base, as well as the larger; political, social, musical, and artistic milieu of his rapidly changing times. They examine Hughes's negotiation of his own moral and ethical ground in a complex, sometimes hostile world, and demonstrate the remarkable triumph of a sensitive, creative human being who refused to be overwhelmed by the; forces of discrimination, pessimism, and bitterness that claimed so many writers of his generation. This volume, with its historical essays, brief biography, and illustrated chronology, provides a concise yet authoritative portrait of one of America's and the world's most beloved writers.

Author : Steven Carl Tracy
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 9780195144345
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Historical Guide to Langston Hughes written by Steven Carl Tracy and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2004 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Langston Hughes has been an inspiration to generations of readers and writers seeking a passionate and socially responsible art. In this text, Steven Tracy has gathered a range of critics to produce an interdisciplinary approach to the historical and cultural elements reflected in Hughes's work.

Author : Tony Medina
Publisher : Perfection Learning
ISBN 13 : 9780756970161
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Love to Langston written by Tony Medina and published by Perfection Learning. This book was released on 2005-06-24 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This biography in verse offers readers an exciting glimpse into the life of one of our most talented and beloved poets. Fourteen poems explore important themes and events in Hughes? life. We learn about his lonely childhood spent with his grandmother, who told him stories of his heroic ancestors. We see the racism and poverty he overcame, and how he followed his dream to become a poet. We learn of Hughes? love of language and travel, and how he inspired other writers. While Hughes often struggled with poverty and a world that did not welcome black poets, he stayed true to his dream of writing poetry in the language of black folks, celebrating the people with whom he grew up. This book is perfect for those who already know and love the work of Langston Hughes as well as for those who want to learn more about this inspiring man and acclaimed writer.

Author : Lesa Cline-Ransome
Publisher : Holiday House
ISBN 13 : 0823439607
Total Pages : 114 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Finding Langston written by Lesa Cline-Ransome and published by Holiday House. This book was released on 2018-08-14 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book Winner of the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction When eleven-year-old Langston's father moves them from their home in Alabama to Chicago's Bronzeville district, it feels like he's giving up everything he loves. It's 1946. Langston's mother has just died, and now they're leaving the rest of his family and friends. He misses everything-- Grandma's Sunday suppers, the red dirt roads, and the magnolia trees his mother loved. In the city, they live in a small apartment surrounded by noise and chaos. It doesn't feel like a new start, or a better life. At home he's lonely, his father always busy at work; at school he's bullied for being a country boy. But Langston's new home has one fantastic thing. Unlike the whites-only library in Alabama, the Chicago Public Library welcomes everyone. There, hiding out after school, Langston discovers another Langston--a poet whom he learns inspired his mother enough to name her only son after him. Lesa Cline-Ransome, author of the Coretta Scott King Honor picture book Before She Was Harriet, has crafted a lyrical debut novel about one boy's experiences during the Great Migration. Includes an author's note about the historical context and her research. Don't miss the companion novel, Leaving Lymon, which centers on one of Langston's classmates and explores grief, resilience, and the circumstances that can drive a boy to become a bully-- and offer a chance at redemption. A Junior Library Guild selection! A CLA Notable Children's Book in Language Arts A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year, with 5 Starred Reviews A School Library Journal Best Book of 2018

Author : Wallace D. Best
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 1479834890
Total Pages : 309 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Langston's Salvation written by Wallace D. Best and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2017-11-07 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looking for Langston -- New territory for new Negroes -- Poems of a religious nature -- Concerning "goodbye, Christ"--My Gospel year -- Christmas in black -- Do nothing till you hear from me

Author : Steven C. Tracy
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
ISBN 13 : 0195152506
Total Pages : 291 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Historical Guide to Ralph Ellison written by Steven C. Tracy and published by Oxford University Press on Demand. This book was released on 2004-05-20 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The essays in this collection treat the whole of Ralph Ellison's body of work, including his famous novel 'Invisible Man'. The volume confronts Ellison the man of ideas, essayist and short story writer, as well as the material in his posthumously published novel 'Juneteenth'.

Author : Langston Hughes
Publisher : Ecco
ISBN 13 : 9780880015523
Total Pages : 88 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book First Book Of Jazz written by Langston Hughes and published by Ecco. This book was released on 1997-09-21 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An introduction to jazz which focuses on its historical development.

Author : John Carlos Rowe
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 019512135X
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Historical Guide to Henry James written by John Carlos Rowe and published by . This book was released on 2012-02-16 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An excellent primer to the work and milieu of Henry James, this collection of essays highlights the historical and cultural issues that influenced the great novelist.

Author : Douglas Field
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0195366530
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Historical Guide to James Baldwin written by Douglas Field and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With contributions from major scholars of African American literature, history, and cultural studies, A Historical Guide to James Baldwin focuses on the four tumultous decades that defined the great author's life and art. Providing a comprehensive examination of Baldwin's varied body of work that includes short stories, novels, and polemical essays, this collection reflects the major events that left an indelible imprint on the iconic writer: civil rights, black nationalism and the struggle for gay rights in the pre- and post-Stonewall eras. The essays also highlight Baldwin's under-studied role as a trans-Atlantic writer, his lifelong struggle with faith, and his use of music, especially the blues, as a key to unlock the mysteries of his identity as an exile, an artist, and a black American in a racially hostile era.

Author : Douglas Field
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780199710669
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.6X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Historical Guide to James Baldwin written by Douglas Field and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2009-09-24 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With contributions from major scholars of African American literature, history, and cultural studies, A Historical Guide to James Baldwin focuses on the four tumultous decades that defined the great author's life and art. Providing a comprehensive examination of Baldwin's varied body of work that includes short stories, novels, and polemical essays, this collection reflects the major events that left an indelible imprint on the iconic writer: civil rights, black nationalism and the struggle for gay rights in the pre- and post-Stonewall eras. The essays also highlight Baldwin's under-studied role as a trans-Atlantic writer, his lifelong struggle with faith, and his use of music, especially the blues, as a key to unlock the mysteries of his identity as an exile, an artist, and a black American in a racially hostile era.