The Collected Works of Langston Hughes: Essays on art, race, politics, and world affairsUniversity of Missouri Press, 2001 - 627 pages The eighteen volumes are published with the goal that Hughes pursued throughout his lifetime: making his books available to the people. Each volume will include a biographical and literary chronology by Arnold Rampersad, as well as an introduction by a Hughes scholar lume introductions will provide contextual and historical information on the particular work. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
The PostWorld War II Episteme | 11 |
The Year 1962 and the Spanish Postwar Years | 30 |
The Years 19751979 | 51 |
The Years 19801984 | 103 |
The Years 19851989 | 153 |
Epilogue | 235 |
Bibliography | 245 |
Essays 19211929 | 23 |
Essays 19301939 | 45 |
Essays 19401949 | 207 |
Essays 19501959 | 294 |
Essays 19601967 | 384 |
Forewords Prefaces and Introductions to Edited Volumes | 480 |
Reviews | 530 |
Brief Tributes Letters to the Editor Miscellaneous Pieces | 552 |
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Acknowledgments | ix |
By Arnold Rampersad | xi |
Introduction | 1 |
A Note on the Text | 19 |
Notes | 557 |
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