| Hughes: Poems: Edited by David Roessel Contributor(s): Hughes, Langston (Author), Roessel, David (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0375405518 ISBN-13: 9780375405518 Publisher: Everyman's Library OUR PRICE: $18.00 Product Type: Hardcover Published: March 1999 Annotation: In the delightfully small Pocket Poets format, a selection of the poems of Langston Hughes -- one of America's greatest popular poets since Walt Whitman. From the publication of his first book in 1926, Hughes was hailed as the poet laureate of black America, the first to commemorate the experience of African-Americans in a voice that no reader, black or white, could fail to hear. Lyrical and pungent, passionate and polemical, this volume is a treasure -- an essential collection of the work of a poet whose words have entered our common language. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | American - African American - Literary Collections | American - African American - Poetry | Subjects & Themes - General |
| Dewey: 811.52 |
| LCCN: 98055136 |
| Series: Everyman's Library Pocket Poets |
| Physical Information: 0.86" H x 4.47" W x 6.55" (0.51 lbs) 256 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: From the publication of his first book in 1926, Langston Hughes was hailed as the poet laureate of black America, the first to commemorate the experience of African Americans in a voice that no reader, black or white, could fail to hear. Lyrical and pungent, passionate and polemical, this volume is a treasure-an essential collection of the work of a poet whose words have entered our common language. |