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Author
Series
Twayne's studies in short fiction volume no. 47
Publisher
Twayne Publishers
Pub. Date
1993.
Language
English
Description
Provides an in-depth critical introduction to the short stories of Langston Hughes. Includes a detailed analyses of every significant story, biographical information, a chronology of the artist's life and works, and a representative selection of critical responses.
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Langston Hughes was born in Joplin, Missouri, and was raised by his grandmother, who told him many stories of the Black American experience and taught him to be proud of his race from a young age. With her guidance, Langston became a talented writer in high school, creating dramatic plays, poetry, and articles for the school paper. His career as a writer would continue to blossom. Langston pioneered jazz poetry and published nearly twenty poetry...
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Hurston and Hughes, two giants of the Harlem Renaissance and American literature, were best friends--until they weren't. Zora Neale Hurston (Their Eyes Were Watching God) and Langston Hughes ('The Negro Speaks of Rivers, ' 'Let America Be America Again') were collaborators, literary gadflies, and close companions. They traveled together in Hurston's dilapidated car through the rural South collecting folklore, worked on the play Mule Bone, and wrote...
8) Drama for students: Volume 18 :presenting analysis, context and criticism on commonly studied dramas
Series
Publisher
Gale
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
Provides critical overviews of the most-studied plays of all time periods, nations, and cultures. Includes discussions of themes, characters, critical reception, dramatic devices and traditions as well as cultural and historical context.
Series
Publisher
Gale
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
Each volume provides discussions of the literary and historical background of novels from various cultures and time periods. Includes concise synopses of plot, characters and themes, a brief author biography, discussion of the story's cultural and historical significance, and excerpted criticism.
12) Drama for students: Volume 6 :presenting analysis, context and criticism on commonly studied dramas
Series
Publisher
Gale
Pub. Date
1999.
Language
English
Description
Features analysis of the plays most frequently studied in literature classes. Entries include: introduction providing overview of play; brief biography of playwright; plot summary; discussion of play's principal themes; essays on play's construction; and excerpted critical commentary.
14) Poetry for students: Volume 6 :presenting analysis, context and criticism on commonly studied poetry
Series
Publisher
Gale Group
Pub. Date
1999.
Language
English
Description
Provides analysis of the most frequently studied poems in literature courses. Contains author biography (if attributed), poem text, poem summary, themes, style, historical context, critical overview, and criticism.
Series
Publisher
Gale Group
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
Description
Presents vital information on the most-studied short stories at the high school and early-college levels. Each entry contains author biography, plot summary, characters, themes, style, historical context, critical overview, and criticism.
Series
Publisher
Gale Research
Pub. Date
1998.
Language
English
Description
Presents vital information on the most-studied short stories at the high school and early-college levels. Each entry contains author biography, plot summary, characters, themes, style, historical context, critical overview, and criticism.
18) Poetry for students: Volume 3 :presenting analysis, context and criticism on commonly studied poetry
Series
Publisher
Gale
Pub. Date
1998.
Language
English
Description
Provides analysis of the most frequently studied poems in literature courses. Each entry contains author biography (if attributed), poem text, poem summary, themes, style, historical context, critical overview, and criticism.
19) Poetry for students: Volume 1 :presenting analysis, context and criticism on commonly studied poetry
Series
Publisher
Gale
Pub. Date
1998.
Language
English
Description
Provides analysis of the most frequently studied poems in literature courses. Contains author biography (if attributed), poem text, poem summary, themes, style, historical context, critical overview, and criticism.
Series
Publisher
Gale Research Inc
Pub. Date
1993.
Language
English
Description
Biographical profiles of important and influential persons of African heritage who form the international black community. Covers persons of various nationalities in a wide variety of fields providing coverage of names found in today's headlines as well as selected individuals from earlier in this century whose influence continues to have an impact on contemporary life.
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