The collected poems of Langston Hughes / Arnold Rampersad, editor ; David Roessel, associate editor.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 1994.Edition: 1st edDescription: 708 pages ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0679426310
  • 9780679426318
  • 9780679764083
  • 0679764089
Uniform titles:
  • Poems. Selections
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Online version:: Collected poems of Langston Hughes.DDC classification:
  • 811/.52 20
LOC classification:
  • PS3515.U274 A17 1994
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Also issued online.
Contents:
Introduction -- A chronology of the life of Langston Hughes -- The poems of Langston Hughes -- Appendix 1. Poems circulated by the Associated Negro Press -- Appendix 2. Poetry for children -- Notes to the poems -- Index of first lines -- Index of titles.
Summary: Here, for the first time, is a complete collection of Langston Hughes's poetry - 860 poems that sound the heartbeat of black life in America during five turbulent decades, from the 1920s through the 1960s. The editors, Arnold Rampersad and David Roessel, have aimed to recover all of the poems that Hughes published in his lifetime - in newspapers, magazines, and literary journals, and in his books of verse. They present the poems in the general order in which Hughes wrote them, and also provide illuminating notes and a chronology of the poet's life. Arnold Rampersad, the author of the esteemed two-volume biography of Langston Hughes, has written a perceptive and moving introduction that throws light on Langston Hughes's distinctive voice as a poet and the world in which he lived.
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Includes indexes.

Here, for the first time, is a complete collection of Langston Hughes's poetry - 860 poems that sound the heartbeat of black life in America during five turbulent decades, from the 1920s through the 1960s. The editors, Arnold Rampersad and David Roessel, have aimed to recover all of the poems that Hughes published in his lifetime - in newspapers, magazines, and literary journals, and in his books of verse. They present the poems in the general order in which Hughes wrote them, and also provide illuminating notes and a chronology of the poet's life. Arnold Rampersad, the author of the esteemed two-volume biography of Langston Hughes, has written a perceptive and moving introduction that throws light on Langston Hughes's distinctive voice as a poet and the world in which he lived.

Introduction -- A chronology of the life of Langston Hughes -- The poems of Langston Hughes -- Appendix 1. Poems circulated by the Associated Negro Press -- Appendix 2. Poetry for children -- Notes to the poems -- Index of first lines -- Index of titles.

Also issued online.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

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