| The Panther & the Lash Contributor(s): Hughes, Langston (Author) |
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ISBN: 067973659X ISBN-13: 9780679736592 Publisher: Vintage OUR PRICE: $17.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 1992 Annotation: From the publication of his first book in 1926, Langston Hughes was America's acknowledged poet of color, the first to commemorate the experience--and suffering--of African-Americans in a voice that no reader, black or white, could fail to hear. In this, his last collection of verse, Hughes's voice is more pointed than ever before, as he explicitly addresses the racial politics of the sixties in such pieces as "Prime," "Motto," "Dream Deferred," "Frederick Douglas: 1817-1895," "Still Here," "Birmingham Sunday."" History," "Slave," "Warning," and "Daybreak in Alabama." Sometimes Ironic, sometimes bitter, always powerful, the poems in The Panther and the Lash are the last testament of a great American writer who grappled fearlessly and artfully with the most compelling issues of his time. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | American - African American - Literary Criticism | American - African American |
| Dewey: 811.52 |
| LCCN: 91050087 |
| Series: Vintage Classics |
| Physical Information: 0.37" H x 5.14" W x 7.94" (0.29 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: From the publication of his first book in 1926, Langston Hughes was America's acknowledged poet of color, the first to commemorate the experience--and suffering--of Black Americans in a voice that no reader could fail to hear. The poems in The Panther and the Lash are the last testament of a great American writer who grappled fearlessly and artfully with the most compelling issues of his time. In this, his last collection of verse, Hughes's voice--sometimes ironic, sometimes bitter, always powerful--is more pointed than ever before, as he explicitly addresses the racial politics of the sixties in such pieces as Prime, Motto, Dream Deferred, Frederick Douglas: 1817-1895, Still Here, Birmingham Sunday. History, Slave, Warning, and Daybreak in Alabama. |