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Oxford University Press, 1986. First Edition. Book Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Octavo. The definitive biography of the great black poet. This two volume covers the Harlem Renaissance years and his relationship with Zora Neale Hurston, the Chicago Defender years, and his life to 1967. A clean, unmarked and unclipped set, practically pristine.
Two Vols.: The Life of Langston Hughes Volume 1: 1902-1941 I, Too, Sing America; Volume II: 1941-1967 I Dream a World by RAMPERSAD, Arnold - 1988
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Two Vols.: The Life of Langston Hughes Volume 1: 1902-1941 I, Too, Sing America; Volume II: 1941-1967 I Dream a World
by RAMPERSAD, Arnold
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New York Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1988. Second and First Printings. Two volumes, hardcover with dust jackets. Near Fine/Near Fine. Two vols. 8vo. Vol. I: Pp. 468. Vol. II: viii, 512. Both volumes illustrated with substantial sections of black-and-white photographs. Notes. Indexes. The first volume bound in black half-cloth over cream paper-covered boards, gilt lettering on spine; the second bound in black half-cloth over blue paper-covered boards, gilt lettering on spine. Both with a photo-illustrated dust jacket, prices intact on front flaps, the second volume dust jacket with a slight snag at head of spine. The first volume is a second printing; the second volume is a first printing. Rampersad's authoritative biography of the Harlem Renaissance figure who was so much more than just that: poet, novelist, playwright, social activist and a lifelong force for the betterment of his people. Dust jackets are now protected in removable, clear archival sleeves.
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- Publisher Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication New York Oxford
- Date Published 1988
- Keywords Phylon The Atlanta University Review of Race and Culture
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The Life of Langston Hughes Volumes I: I, Too, Sing America and II: I Dream a World, Complete
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The Life of Langston Hughes. 2 Volumes: 1902-1941, I, Too, Sing America; Volume II 1941-1967 I Dream a World.
by [Harlem Renaissance] Rampersad, Arnold
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New York:: Oxford University Press,, 1986.. First Printings of the First US Edition. Both Volumes are First Printings. Both volumes are Fine copies in Fine unclipped dust jackets. Hughes, who claimed Paul Lawrence Dunbar, Carl Sandburg, and Walt Whitman as his primary influences, is particularly known for his insightful, colorful portrayals of black life in America from the twenties through the sixties. He wrote novels, short stories and plays, as well as poetry, and is also known for his engagement with the world of jazz and the influence it had on his writing, as in Montage of a Dream Deferred. His life and work were enormously important in shaping the artistic contributions of the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s.
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