Langston Hughes:
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Beteilige Person: Miller, W. Jason (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: London Reaktion Books 2020
Schriftenreihe:Critical lives
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Abstract: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 Drawing on unpublished letters and manuscripts, Miller addresses Hughes's often ignored contributions to the civil rights movement of the 1960s and his complex and well-guarded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
Umfang:223 Seiten Illustrationen, Portraits 20 cm
ISBN:9781789141955