The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes (Paperback, Reissued 1st Ed)

"The ultimate book for both the dabbler and serious scholar--. [Hughes] is sumptuous and sharp, playful and sparse, grounded in an earthy music--. This book is a glorious revelation."--Boston Globe

Spanning five decades and comprising 868 poems (nearly 300 of which have never before appeared in book form), this magnificent volume is the definitive sampling of a writer who has been called the poet laureate of African America--and perhaps our greatest popular poet since Walt Whitman.  Here, for the first time, are all the poems that Langston Hughes published during his lifetime, arranged in the general order in which he wrote them and annotated by Arnold Rampersad and David Roessel.

Alongside such famous works as "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" and Montage of a Dream Deferred, The Collected Poems includes the author's lesser-known verse for children; topical poems distributed through the Associated Negro Press; and poems such as "Goodbye Christ" that were once suppressed.  Lyrical and pungent, passionate and polemical, the result is a treasure of a book, the essential collection of a poet whose words have entered our common language.

General

Imprint:	Vintage Books
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Vintage Classics
Release date:	October 1995
First published:	October 1995
Authors:	Langston Hughes
Editors:	Arnold Rampersad
Dimensions:	231 x 158 x 46mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	736
Edition:	Reissued 1st Ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-679-76408-3
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Poetry texts & anthologies > General
LSN:	0-679-76408-9
Barcode:	9780679764083

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