Origins of the dream, Hughes's poetry and King's rhetoric, W. Jason Miller
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Origins of the dream, Hughes's poetry and King's rhetoric, W. Jason Miller
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eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-240) and index
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illustrations
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Origins of the dream
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
876882967
Responsibility statement
W. Jason Miller
Sub title
Hughes's poetry and King's rhetoric
Summary
"For years, some scholars have privately suspected Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech was connected to Langston Hughes's poetry, and the link between the two was purposefully veiled through careful allusions in King's orations. In Origins of the Dream, W. Jason Miller lifts that veil to demonstrate how Hughes's revolutionary poetry became a measurable inflection in King's voice, and that the influence can be found in more than just the one famous speech. Miller contends that by employing Hughes's metaphors in his speeches, King negotiated a political climate that sought to silence the poet's subversive voice. He argues that by using allusion rather than quotation, King avoided intensifying the threats and accusations against him, while allowing the nation to unconsciously embrace the incendiary ideas behind Hughes's poetry."--Back cover
Table Of Contents
Introduction: Giving new validity to old forms -- "Mother to son": the rise, removal, and return of Hughes -- Black and red: accusations of subversiveness -- King and poetry: quotations, revisions, and unsolicited poems -- "Dream deferred": King's use of Hughes's most popular poem -- "Poem for a man": King's unusual request -- "Youth": Hughes's poem and King's chiasmus -- "I dream a world": rewriting Hughes's signature poem -- "I have a dream": King speaks in Rocky Mount -- "The Psalm of brotherhood": King at Detroit's march for jobs -- The march on Washington: veiling Hughes's poetry -- Conclusion: Extending the dream
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- African Americans + History
- Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
- Civil rights movements
- Rhetorik
- African American poets -- 20th century
- 1900-1999
- History
- Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967
- Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967 -- Influence
- King, Martin Luther, 1929-1968
- Bürgerrechtsbewegung
- Center for African American Literature and Culture Collection
- Rezeption
- African American poets
- United States
- American poetry + African American authors
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
- African Americans
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- African Americans + History
- Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
- Civil rights movements
- Rhetorik
- African American poets -- 20th century
- 1900-1999
- History
- Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967
- Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967 -- Influence
- King, Martin Luther, 1929-1968
- Bürgerrechtsbewegung
- Center for African American Literature and Culture Collection
- Rezeption
- African American poets
- United States
- American poetry + African American authors
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
- African Americans
- Content1
- Author1
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