Bibliograph

The collected poems of Langston Hughes, Arnold Rampersad, editor ; David Roessel, associate editor

Type

Label

The collected poems of Langston Hughes, Arnold Rampersad, editor ; David Roessel, associate editor

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

Index

index present

Intended audience

NP, Lexile

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The collected poems of Langston Hughes

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

33437205

Responsibility statement

Arnold Rampersad, editor ; David Roessel, associate editor

Series statement

Vintage classics

Summary

Spanning five decades and comprising 868 poems (nearly 300 of which have never before appeared in book form), this volume is the definitive sampling of a writer who has been called the poet laureate of African America--and perhaps our greatest popular poet since Walt Whitman. Here, for the first time, are all the poems that Langston Hughes published during his lifetime, arranged in the general order in which he wrote them and annotated by Arnold Rampersad and David Roessel. Alongside such famous works as "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" and Montage of a Dream Deferred, The Collected Poems includes the author's lesser-known verse for children; topical poems distributed through the Associated Negro Press; and poems such as "Goodbye Christ" that were once suppressed

Table Of Contents

A chronology of the life of Langston Hughes -- The poems of Langston Hughes: Poems 1921-1930 -- Poems 1931-1940 -- Poems 1941-1950 -- Poems 1951-1960 -- Poems 1961-1967 -- Appendix 1: Poems circulated by the Associated Negro Press -- Appendix 2: Poetry for children -- Appendix 3: Additional poems

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