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A poet, playwright, novelist, and public figure, Langston Hughes is regarded as a cultural hero, making his mark during the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s and '30s. A prolific author, Hughes focused his writing on discrimination in and disillusionment with American society. His most noted works of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction are broached in this new volume, revealing the range and enduring vision of this multitalented writer. Students looking for guidance for essays about Hughes will appreciate this writing resource.

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• Series Introduction(p. v)
• Volume Introduction(p. vii)
• How to write a Good Essay(p. 1)
• How to write about Langston Hughes(p. 51)
• ôThe Negro Speaks of Riversö(p. 82)
• ôThe Weary Bluesö(p. 94)
• ôI, Tooö(p. 101)
• ôSong for a Dark Girlö(p. 107)
• ôGoodbye Christö(p. 115)
• ôBallad of Booker T.ö(p. 120)
• ôThe Negro Artist and the Racial Mountainö(p. 126)
• The Big Sea(p. 134)
• ôThe Blues I'm Playingö(p. 142)
• ôFather and Sonö(p. 152)
• ôSlave on the Blockö(p. 162)
• Not Without Laughter(p. 168)
• Tambourines to Glory(p. 179)
• Index(p. 192)

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A poet, playwright, novelist, and public figure, Langston Hughes is regarded as a cultural hero, making his mark during the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s and '30s. A prolific author, Hughes focused his writing on discrimination in and disillusionment with American society. His most noted works of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction are broached in this new volume, revealing the range and enduring vision of this multitalented writer. Students looking for guidance for essays about Hughes will appreciate this writing resource. Excerpted from Bloom's How to Write about Langston Hughes by James B. Kelley All rights reserved by the original copyright owners. Excerpts are provided for display purposes only and may not be reproduced, reprinted or distributed without the written permission of the publisher.

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James B. Kelley is associate professor of English at Mississippi State University, Meridian, where he teaches and publishes in the areas of modern American literature, literary theory, and writing.
Harold Bloom is Sterling Professor of the Humanities at Yale University and the author of more than 30 books, including Shelley's Mythmaking (1959), Blake's Apocalypse (1963), Yeats (1970), The Anxiety of Influence (1973), A Map of Misreading (1975), Kabbalah and Criticism (1975), Agon: Toward a Theory of Revisionism (1982), The American Religion (1992), The Western Canon (1994), Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human (1998), How to Read and Why (2000), Hamlet: Poem Unlimited (2003), Where Shall Wisdom Be Found? (2004), and Jesus and Yahweh: The Names Divine (2005). In 1999, Professor Bloom received the American Academy of Arts and Letters' Gold Medal for criticism.