The Political Plays of Langston Hughes

by Langston Hughes

Book Overview

Among the most influential poets of the Harlem Renaissance, Langston Hughes is perhaps best remembered for the innovative use of jazz rhythms in his writing. While his poetry and essays received much public acclaim and scholarly attention, Hughes' dramas are relatively unknown. Only five of the sixty-three plays Hughes scripted alone or collaboratively have been published (in 1963).

Published here, for the first time, are four of Hughes'...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809322951
• ISBN13: 9780809322954
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"