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New York: Vintage Books, 1995. ***FALL CLEARANCE SALE*** 717 pages; 24 cm. Tight, clean copy. Dogeared a few times. 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…
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The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes Paperback - 1995
by Langston Hughes; Arnold Rampersad (Editor)
This generous volume is a genuine literary milestone, the first comprehensive collection of the verse of a writer who has been called both the poet laureate of African America and our greatest popular poet since Walt Whitman. The book contains 860 poems, including all the verse that Hughes published during his lifetime, and nearly 300 that have never before appeared in book form.
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"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.
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.
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- Title The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes
- Author Langston Hughes; Arnold Rampersad (Editor)
- Binding Paperback
- Edition [ Edition: first
- Pages 736
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Vintage, New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date 1995-10-31
- Features Annotated, Index, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780679764083 / 0679764089
- Weight 2.24 lbs (1.02 kg)
- Dimensions 9.17 x 6.16 x 1.85 in (23.29 x 15.65 x 4.70 cm)
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- Ethnic Orientation: African American
- Topical: Death/Dying
- Library of Congress subjects African Americans
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 96129974
- Dewey Decimal Code 811.52
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- New York Times, 01/28/1996, Page 32
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