As the first black author in America to make his living exclusively by writing, Langston Hughes inspired a generation of writers and activists. One of the pioneers of jazz poetry, Hughes led the Harlem Renaissance, while Martin Luther King invoked his signature metaphor of dreaming in his speeches.I...

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1. Verfasser:	Miller, W. Jason (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	London Reaktion Books 2020
Schriftenreihe:	Critical lives
Schlagworte:	Hughes, Langston > 1902-1967 Hughes, Langston / 1902-1967 African American poets / Biography Poets, American / 20th century / Biography 18.06 Anglo-American literature African American poets Poets, American 1900-1999 Biographies Literary criticism Biografie
Zusammenfassung:	As the first black author in America to make his living exclusively by writing, Langston Hughes inspired a generation of writers and activists. One of the pioneers of jazz poetry, Hughes led the Harlem Renaissance, while Martin Luther King invoked his signature metaphor of dreaming in his speeches.In this new biography, W. Jason Miller illuminates Hughes's status as an international literary figure through a compelling look at the relationship between his extraordinary life and his canonical works. Drawing on unpublished letters and manuscripts, Miller addresses Hughes's often ignored contributions to the civil rights movement of the 1960s and his complex and well-guarded sexuality, and repositions him as a writer, rather than merely the most beloved African American poet of the twentieth century
Beschreibung:	223 Seiten Illustrationen, Portraits 20 cm
ISBN:	9781789141955