Montage of a Dream: The Art and Life of Langston Hughes

by Arnold Rampersad

Over a forty-six-year career, Langston Hughes experimented with black folk expressive culture, creating an enduring body of extraordinary imaginative and critical writing. Riding the crest of African American creative energy from the Harlem Renaissance to the onset of Black Power, he commanded an artistic prowess that survives in the legacy he bequeathed to a younger generation of writers, including award winners Alice Walker, Paule Marshall, and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826217168
• ISBN13: 9780826217165
• Release Date: May 2007
• Publisher: University of Missouri Press
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 1.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 18 to 10 years
• Grade Range: Postsecondary to Grade 5