Langston Hughes : a study of the short fiction /r

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Label

Langston Hughes : a study of the short fiction /r

Title remainder

a study of the short fiction /r

Statement of responsibility

Hans Ostrom

Creator

• Ostrom, Hans A

Author

• Ostrom, Hans A

Subject

• Blacks in literature
• Criticism and interpretation
• Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Fiction -- Technique
• Fiction -- Technique
• Fiction | Technique
• Hughes, Langston
• Hughes, Langston | Fictional works
• Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967
• Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967
• Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967
• Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967 -- Criticism and interpretation
• Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967 -- Critique et interprétation
• Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967 -- Fictional works
• Kurzgeschichte
• Noirs américains dans la littérature
• Short story
• Short story
• Short story
• Verhalen
• African Americans in literature
• African Americans in literature

Genre

• Criticism, interpretation, etc

Language

eng

Summary

Perhaps the single best-known and most highly regarded African-American writer of his time, Langston Hughes (1902-1967) has left a profound mark on American letters. Taking the environment of urban blacks, Hughes captured in verse and prose its joys and pains, bringing a new realism to the subject. His language, while unadorned in style, remained spirited and true to colloquial speech, and his work was among the first by a black man to gain a multi-racial and national audience. Hughes is primarily remembered for his poetry, with which he established his reputation in the 1920s. He did not even publish his first collection of short fiction, The Ways of White Folks, until 1934. But precisely because it appeared after he had undergone an extensive process of artistic and personal development, it possesses an unusual coherence and power. It deals unflinchingly with racial, class, and sexual issues, as does his second collection, Laughing to Keep from Crying (1952). In 1950 a number of satirical sketches featuring Hughes's character Jesse B. Simple began appearing in collected form. These represent a tradition distinct from his other work. Hans Ostrom examines Hughes's short fiction canon in great detail, bringing in a wealth of information on Hughes's background and times to provide a fuller understanding. He discusses events such as the Harlem Renaissance and how they relate to Hughes, as well as sensitively examining the issue of race. Within a clear and coherent organizational scheme, Ostrom adds excerpts from interviews and letters and a section on the best previous scholarship and criticism. The result is a truly useful study

Member of

• Twayne's studies in short fiction, no. 47

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

813/.52

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

LC call number

PS3515.U274

LC item number

Z689 1993

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Series statement

Twayne's studies in short fiction

Series volume

no. 47