Origins of the dream : Hughes's poetry and King's rhetoric / W. Jason Miller.

Author/creator Miller, W. Jason author.
Format Book
PublicationGainesville : University Press of Florida, [2015]
Copyright Date©2015
Descriptionix, 249 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents Introduction: giving new validity to old forms -- "Mother to son": the rise, removal, and return of Hughes -- Black and red: accusations of subversiveness -- King and poetry: quotations, revisions, and unsolicited poems -- "Dream deferred": King's use of Hughes's most popular poem -- "Poem for a man": King's unusual request -- "Youth": Hughes's poem and King's chiasmus -- "I dream a world": rewriting Hughes's signature poem -- "I have a dream": King speaks in Rocky Mount -- "The Psalm of brotherhood": King at Detroit's march for jobs -- The march on Washington: veiling Hughes's poetry -- Conclusion: extending the dream.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 235-240) and index.
Genre/formHistory.
LCCN 2014031882
ISBN9780813060446 (hardcover)
ISBN0813060443 (hardcover)
Standard identifier# 40024436333

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks PS3515 .U274 Z6844 2015 ✔ Available Place Hold