Review
Fascinating and ambitious....A carefully prepared, invaluable aid, highly recommended for students or researchers studying Hughes or American and African American poetry, literature, and literary movements. Thoroughly enjoyable reading.Choice

Book Description
African-American author Langston Hughes was a leading figure of the Harlem Renaissance, and interest in his works increases daily. Though remembered primarily as a poet, Hughes was active in almost every genre imaginable. He also collaborated with many other gifted individuals, including Zora Neale Hurston, Arna Bontemps, Kurt Weill, and Elmer Rice. Through hundreds of alphabetically arranged entries, many including bibliographical information, this reference provides comprehensive coverage of his life and writings.

About the Author
HANS OSTROM is Professor of English and Co-Director of African-American Studies at the University of Puget Sound. His other books include Langston Hughes: A Study of the Short Fiction (1993), the novel Three to Get Ready (1991), and Lives and Moments: An Introduction to Short Fiction (1990). With Wendy Bishop he edited Genre and Writing: Issues, Arguments, Alternatives (1997).

FROM THE PUBLISHER

African-American author Langston Hughes was a leading figure of the Harlem Renaissance, and interest in his works increases daily. Though remembered primarily as a poet, Hughes was active in almost every genre imaginable. He also collaborated with many other gifted individuals, including Zora Neale Hurston, Arna Bontemps, Kurt Weill, and Elmer Rice. Through hundreds of alphabetically arranged entries, many including bibliographical information, this reference provides comprehensive coverage of his life and writings.

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