| The Short Stories of Langston Hughes Contributor(s): Hughes, Langston (Author), Harper, Akiba Sullivan (Editor), Rampersad, Arnold (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0809016036 ISBN-13: 9780809016037 Publisher: Hill & Wang OUR PRICE: $17.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 1997 Annotation: Langston Hughes was a prolific writer: the author of plays, poetry, novels, autobiography, and children's tales. But it is in his short stories that readers see most clearly his greatest talents--his gift for humor and irony, his love for the vernacular, his brilliance in depicting character, and his profound perceptions about America. This new collection of 47 stories, written between 1919 and 1963, follows Hughes's literary blossoming and the development of his political and personal concerns. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Short Stories (single Author) - Fiction | African American - General - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.87" H x 5.6" W x 8.24" (0.65 lbs) 321 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Short Stories of Langston Hughes This collection of forty-seven stories written between 1919 and 1963--the most comprehensive available--showcases Langston Hughes's literary blossoming and the development of his personal and artistic concerns. Many of the stories assembled here have long been out of print, and others never before collected. These poignant, witty, angry, and deeply poetic stories demonstrate Hughes's uncanny gift for elucidating the most vexing questions of American race relations and human nature in general. |
Contributor Bio(s): Hughes, Langston: - Langston Hughes (1902-67) was born in Joplin, Missouri, was educated at Lincoln University, and lived for most of his life in New York City. He is best known as a poet, but he also wrote novels, biography, history, plays, and children's books. Among his works are two volumes of memoirs, The Big Sea and I Wonder as I Wander, and two collections of Simple stories, The Best of Simple and The Return of Simple.Harper, Akiba Sullivan: - Akiba Sullivan Harper is a professor of English at Spelman College and the editor of The Return of Simple. Rampersad, Arnold: -Arnold Rampersad, Woodrow Wilson Professor of Literature at Princeton University, is the author of The Life of Langston Hughes and editor of The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes. |