| Description |
1 online resource (238 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Contents; Following Langston: A Foreword; Preface; Abbreviations; Chronology; Prologue; The Letters; Dreams Deferred, 1926-1929; Zenith and Descent, 1930-1934; Things Fall Apart, 1935; Dear Lovely Death, 1936-1938; Coda; Epilogue; Second Coda; Acknowledgments; Works Consulted; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W |
| Summary |
My Dear Boy brings a largely unexplored dimension of Langston Hughes to light. Carmaletta Williams and John Edgar Tidwell explain that scholars have neglected the vital role that correspondence between Carrie Hughes and her son Langston-Harlem Renaissance icon, renowned poet, playwright, fiction writer, autobiographer, and essayist-played in his work. The more than 120 heretofore unexamined letters presented here are a veritable treasure trove of insights into the relationship between mother Carrie and her renowned son Langston. Until now, a scholarly consensus had begun to emerge, accepting t |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967 -- Correspondence
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Hughes, Carrie, -1938 -- Correspondence
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Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967 -- Correspondence
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Hughes, Carrie, -1938 -- Correspondence
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Hughes, Carrie, -1938 fast |
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Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967 fast |
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African American authors -- Family relationships
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African American mothers -- Biography
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Mothers of authors -- United States -- Correspondence
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African American authors -- Family relationships
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African American mothers
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Mothers of authors
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United States
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Biographies
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Personal correspondence
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Tidwell, John Edgar
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| ISBN |
9780820346397 |
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082034639X |
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0820345652 |
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9780820345659 |
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9781306117609 |
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1306117607 |
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