Socialist joy in the writing of Langston Hughes [electronic resource] / Jonathan Scott.
By: Scott, Jonathan.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
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BookPublisher: Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2006Description: xiv, 248 p. ; 24 cm.Subject(s): Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967 -- Criticism and interpretation | Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967 -- Political and social views | Socialism in literature | Socialism and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century | African Americans in literatureGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 818/.5209 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view Summary: "Explores Hughes's intellectual method and its relation to social activism. Examines his involvement with socialist movements of the 1920s and 1930s and contends that the goal of overthrowing white oppression produced a "socialist joy" expressed repeatedly in his later work, in spite of the anticommunist crusades of the cold war"--Provided by publisher.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-244) and index.
"Explores Hughes's intellectual method and its relation to social activism. Examines his involvement with socialist movements of the 1920s and 1930s and contends that the goal of overthrowing white oppression produced a "socialist joy" expressed repeatedly in his later work, in spite of the anticommunist crusades of the cold war"--Provided by publisher.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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