Langston Hughes : the man, his art, and his continuing influence / edited by C. James Trotman, ; with keynote essay by Arnold Rampersad.

Other author Trotman, C. James, 1943-
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Garland Pub., ©1995.
Descriptionxiii, 178 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Subjects

SeriesGarland reference library of the humanities ; v. 1872
Critical studies in Black life and culture ; v. 29
Critical studies on Black life and culture ; v. 29.
Garland reference library of the humanities ; v. 1872.
Contents P(a)lace for Langston Hughes / C. James Trotman -- Langston Hughes: the man and the writer, an introduction / Emery Wimbish, Jr. -- In celebration of Langston Hughes / Niara Sudarkasa -- Introduction to Arnold Rampersad / Thomas C. Phelps -- Langston Hughes: the man, the writer, and his continuing influence / Arnold Rampersad -- Whose sweet angel child? Blues women, Langston Hughes, and writing during the Harlem Renaissance / Cheryl A. Wall -- Langston Hughes: poetry, blues, and gospel-somewhere to stand / Steven C. Tracy -- Africanisms and postmodernist imagination in the popular fiction of Langston Hughes / Ropo Sekoni.
Contents Kindred spirits and sympathetic souls: Langston Hughes and Gwendolyn Bennett in the Harlem Renaissance / Sandra Y. Govan -- Langston Hughes's "Nigger Heaven Blues" / Bruce Kellner -- Race, culture, and gender in Langston Hughes's "The Ways of White Folks" / Joyce Ann Joyce -- "For All the Kids to Come": the troubled island of William Grant Still and Langston Hughes / C. James Trotman -- Achieving universality through simple truths / Donna Akiba Sullivan Harper -- Physics of change in "Father and Son" / R. Baxter Miller -- Girl with the red dress on / Kristin Hunter-Lattany -- Reading the woman's face in Langston Hughes and Roy DeCarava's "Sweet Flypaper of Life" / Thadious M. Davis.
Contents Hughes's personal library and exhibits / Sophy H. Cornwell -- Hughes as dramatist / Ella Forbes
Local noteLittle-293758--305130046609.
General note"Emery Wimbish, Jr., project director, Linclon University."
General note"Conference proceedings held at Lincoln University in Pennsylvania on March 26, 27, 28, 1992."--T.p. verso.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 95015708
ISBN0815317638

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Joyner General Stacks PS3515.U274 Z6733 1995 ✔ Available Place Hold