The Art and Imagination of Langston Hughes - Hardcover

Miller, R. Baxter

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0813116627 ISBN 13: 9780813116624

Publisher: The University Press of Kentucky, 2006

Synopsis

Looks at biographical influences on the work of Langston Hughes, discusses major themes in his work, and examines the deceptive simplicity of his style

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Review:

Miller offers a biocritical reading of Hughes's writings that explores the characteristic themes of the writer's art and examines how his imagination was fired by black folk culture and his memories of the women in his life. - Booklist ""Ambitious and innovative. Miller sheds new light on many of the 'neglected masterpieces.'... [This book] assumes a vital place in our holdings on Langston Hughes."" - American Literature

From the Back Cover:

This is one of the first studies to apply recent methods of literary analysis, including formalist, structuralist, and semiotic criticism, to the work of a Black American writer.

About this edition

• Publisher: The University Press of Kentucky
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0813116627
• ISBN 13: 9780813116624
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 149