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Fine Clothes to the Jew (eBook)

Autor: Langston Hughes
CHF 13.55
ISBN: 979-8-88897-602-9
Einband: Adobe Digital Editions
Verfügbarkeit: Noch nicht erschienen, Oktober 2024

Hailed by Arnold Rampersad as "[Hughes'] most brilliant book of poems," Fine Clothes to the Jew is the stunning sophomore collection of poetry that-in conjunction with The Weary Blues-solidified Langston Hughes as a literary powerhouse.

Originally published in 1927, Fine Clothes to the Jew is both a continuation and extension of his previous volume of verse; continuing to utilize the rhythm and function of Black classical music-the blues, as it were-to capture a scene of Black life in America, only this time with a less pristine picture.

Turning his focus from the tender and nostalgic depiction of the culture, Hughes opts to reveal the raw and unfiltered realities of Harlem; the depression, the poverty, and the struggle of those outside the purview of the Talented Tenth; creating what is arguably, one of the most significant collections of poetry ever published and one of the most-overlooked pieces of work in African-American literary history.

Featuring such poems as, "Po' Boy Blues," "Death of Do Dirty," "Song For a Dark Girl," and "Lament Over Love," Fine Clothes to the Jew is a must-read book for fans of Langston Hughes and a forgotten classic of the Harlem Renaissance.

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Autor Langston Hughes
Verlag Mint Editions
Einband Adobe Digital Editions
Erscheinungsjahr 2024
Seitenangabe 90 S.
Lieferstatus Noch nicht erschienen, Oktober 2024
Ausgabekennzeichen Englisch
Masse 2'872 KB
Plattform EPUB
Reihe Mint Editions

Über den Autor Langston Hughes

James Langston Hughes (1902-1967) es uno de los escritores negros más destacados del siglo xx. Poeta, autor de numerosos relatos, autor de musicales y de óperas, fue un activista de los derechos de los negros en EE¿UU y un penetrante observador de las diferencias raciales en los lugares más apartados del mundo. Viajó por su país, por Centroamérica y Europa, estuvo en España durante la Guerra Civil, en la URSS y en Extremo Oriente, y de todos estos lugares nos ofrece una crónica tan brillante como minuciosa. Entre sus obras cabe destacar sus dos autobiografías, The Big Sea (1940) y I Wonder As I Wander (1956), que ahora ofrecemos en edición completa. Sus poemas: The Weary Blues (1925 y 1926), Fine Clothes to the Jew (1927), Shakespeare in Harlem (1942), Jim Crow's Last Stand (1943, un verdadero panfleto en verso), Fields of Wonder (1947), etc. Ha escrito novelas y numerosos relatos cortos, entre las primeras, Not Without Langhter (1930); entre los relatos, The Ways of White Folks (1934), Laughing to Keep from Crying (1952), The Sweet Flypaper of Life (1955), un relato sobre Harlem con fotografías de Roy DeCarava. Ha sido libretista de Kurt Weill y de Elmer Rice y es autor de musicales y óperas: Simply Heavenly (1957), Black Nativity (1961), The Prodigal Son (1961), Troubled Island (1949), The Barrier (1950), Esther (1957), etc. También ha escrito teatro de agitación, Don't You Want to Be Free?, que se estrenó en el teatro fundado por él mismo, Harlem Suitcase Theater (1938). En 1962 escribió una historia de la NAACP por encargo de la organización: Fight for Freedom: The story of the NAACP.

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