A Historical Guide to Langston Hughes by Steven C. Tracy (Editor)ISBN: 9780195144345
Publication Date: 2003-12-04
In this volume, Steven C. Tracy has gathered a broad range of critics to produce an interdisciplinary approach to the important historical and cultural elements reflected in the variety of genres in which Hughes worked. Through the lenses of creative writers, musicians, social activists and critics, this collection explores the ways that Hughes transformed American literature and society. Contributors to this volume place Hughes in the context of Harlem, his preferred geographical and spiritual home base.