| Description |
1 online resource (170 pages) |
| Series |
Social Issues in Literature Ser |
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Social Issues in Literature Ser
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| Contents |
Cover; Hlaf Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; Chronology; Chapter 1: Background on Langston Hughes; 1. The Life of an Artist and Activist; 2. Hughes's Abolitionist Ancestors and Boyhood Segregation; Chapter 2: Race in the Poetry of Langston Hughes; 1. The Social Messages in the Poetry of Langston Hughes; 2. Langston Hughes + Poetry = The Blues; 3. Langston Hughes: The Writer, His Poetics and the Artistic Process; 4. Hughes's Contradictory Reactions to the Christian Church; 5. The Parental Rejection of the Tragic Mulatto |
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6. Hughes Took Advantage of the Tension Between Style and Theme7. The Politics of Hughes's Lynching Poems; 8. Rage, Repudiation, and Endurance: Langston Hughes's Radical Writings; Chapter 3: Contemporary Perspectives on Race; 1. Laws in 2011 and 2012 Are Designed to Diminish Minority Votes; 2. Defusing Implicit Bias; 3. An Actor with a Sense of Responsibility to Human and Civil Rights; 4. Alabama Looks for Way to Pardon Scottsboro Boys; For Further Discussion; For Further Reading; Bibliography; Index; Back Cover |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967 -- Criticism and interpretation
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| SUBJECT |
Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967 fast |
| Subject |
Race relations in literature.
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Race relations in literature
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780737770636 |
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0737770635 |
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