Langston Hughes (Modern Critical Views) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0791096122 ISBN 13: 9780791096123

Publisher: Chelsea House Publishers, 2008

Synopsis

Poet, playwright, novelist, and public figure, Langston Hughes is regarded as a cultural hero who made his mark during the Harlem Renaissance. A prolific author, Hughes focused his writing on discrimination in and disillusionment with American society. His most noted works include the novel ""Not Without Laughter"", the poem ""The Negro Speaks of Rivers,"" and the essay ""The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain"", to name just a few. ""Langston Hughes, New Edition"" features compelling critical essays that create a well-rounded portrait of this great American writer. An introductory essay by Harold Bloom and a chronology tracing the major events in Hughes' life add further depth to this newly updated study tool.

About this title

Review:

"An excellent and balanced discussion..."

"The accounts offer students an opportunity to absorb serious analytical styles."

.,."excellent critical guide sets edited by Harold Bloom...recommended picks for audiences of young adults studying literature."

"A publishing venture almost without precedent both in its scope and in the fact that it is guided by a single critical intelligence."

"This collection of previously published essays, edited by the distinguished literary scholar Harold Bloom, is an excellent addition to the Wells critical canon."

"Harold Bloom adds some fantastic critical literary guides, providing interpretations and issues that should reach a wide audience from adults to young adults at the high school and college levels."

About the Author:

Harold Bloom is Sterling Professor of Humanities, Yale University, and Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Professor of English, New York University Graduate School

About this edition

• Publisher: Chelsea House Publishers
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0791096122
• ISBN 13: 9780791096123
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 247
• Editor: Bloom Harold