Title Langston Hughes and American lynching culture / W. Jason Miller

Published Gainesville, Fla. : University Press of Florida, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 168 pages) : illustrations Contents Introduction -- The red summer of 1919: finding reassurance -- The Scottsboro case and World War II America: poetic anger -- Negotiating censorship in the 1950s: lynching as analogy -- Poetry as counternarrative: retelling history Summary Langston Hughes never knew of an America where lynching was absent from the cultural landscape. This study of the centrality of these heinous acts to Hughes' artistic development aesthetics, and activism represents a significant contribution to our understanding of the art and politics of Langston Hughes Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Print version record Subject Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967 -- Criticism and interpretation Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967 -- Political and social views Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967 -- Political activity SUBJECT Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967 fast Subject Lynching in literature. African Americans in literature. Lynching -- United States -- History LITERARY CRITICISM -- Poetry. LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- African American. African Americans in literature Lynching Lynching in literature Political and social views Political participation United States Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Form Electronic book LC no. 2010023264 ISBN 9780813038704 0813038707 9780813043241 0813043247

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