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The Life of Langston Hughes: Volume II: 1941-1967, I Dream a World

The Life of Langston Hughes: Volume II: 1941-1967, I Dream a World

Rampersad, Arnold

Paperback

Series: Life of Langston Hughes, 1941-1967, Book 2

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ISBN10: 0195146433
ISBN13: 9780195146431
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: Jan 10 2002
Pages: 576
Weight: 1.76
Height: 1.54 Width: 6.16 Depth: 9.16
Language: English
February 1, 2002 marks the 100th birthday of Langston Hughes. To commemorate the centennial of his birth, Arnold Rampersad has contributed new Afterwords to both volumes of his highly-praised biography of this most extraordinary and prolific American writer.
The second volume in this masterful biography finds Hughes rooting himself in Harlem, receiving stimulation from his rich cultural surroundings. Here he rethought his view of art and radicalism, and cultivated relationships with younger, more militant writers such as Richard Wright, Ralph Ellison, James Baldwin, and Amiri Bakara. Rampersad's Afterword to volume two looks further into his influence and how it expanded beyond the literary as a result of his love of jazz and blues, his opera and musical theater collaborations, and his participation in radio and television. In addition, Rempersad explores the controversial matter of Hughes's sexuality and the possibility that, despite a lack of clear evidence, Hughes was homosexual.

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