02779nam 2200589 450 991080760210332120200520144314.00-8131-2718-10-8131-9152-10-8131-5743-9(CKB)3710000000334228(EBL)1915409(SSID)ssj0001401421(PQKBManifestationID)12539996(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001401421(PQKBWorkID)11349699(PQKB)10905834(OCoLC)644623890(MdBmJHUP)muse44186(Au-PeEL)EBL1915409(CaPaEBR)ebr11009749(CaONFJC)MIL691134(OCoLC)900344811(MiAaPQ)EBC1915409(EXLCZ)99371000000033422820150205h20062006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe art and imagination of Langston Hughes /R. Baxter MillerLexington, Kentucky :The University Press of Kentucky,2006.©20061 online resource (172 p.)Includes index.1-322-59852-5 0-8131-1662-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction to the Paperback Edition; Introduction to the Original Edition; 1. ""For a Moment I Wondered"": The Autobiographical Imagination; 2. The ""Crystal Stair"" Within: The Apocalyptic Imagination; 3. ""Deep like the Rivers"": The Lyrical Imagination; 4. ""Oh, Mind of Man"": The Political Imagination; 5. ""I Heard Ma Rainey"": The Tragicomic Imagination; Conclusion; Notes; Selected Bibliography; IndexLangston Hughes was one of the most important American writers of his generation, and one of the most versatile, producing poetry, fiction, drama, and autobiography. In this innovative study, R. Baxter Miller explores Hughes's life and art to enlarge our appreciation of his contribution to American letters.Arguing that readers often miss the complexity of Hughes's work because of its seeming accessibility, Miller begins with a discussion of the writer's auto-biography, an important yet hitherto neglected key to his imagination. Moving on to consider the subtle resonances of his life in the varAfrican Americans in literatureAfrican Americans in literature.818/.5209Miller R. Baxter1645705MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910807602103321The art and imagination of Langston Hughes4064464UNINA