Works for Children and Young Adults (LH11): Poetry, Fiction, and Other Writing: The Collected Works of Langston Hughes, cartea 11
Autor Langston Hughes Editat de Dianne Johnsonen Limba Engleză Hardback – 11 sep 2003 – vârsta ani
Throughout his long career as a poet, fiction writer, and chronicler of the situation of blacks throughout the world, Langston Hughes also wrote books for children. Whether fiction, poetry, or nonfiction, these works are true literature into which he put much research, thought, creative energy, and love. His young readers then and now can sense that they are just as important as his adult audience, while adult readers can appreciate the skill of a great writer able to speak to readers of all ages.
Beginning with four pieces Hughes published in The Brownies' Book, a magazine for black children edited by W. E. B. Du Bois and Jessie Fauset, this volume also includes two works first published in 1932: Popo and Fifina, a story of two children living in Haiti, which Hughes wrote with Arna Bontemps, and The Dream Keeper and Other Poems, a collection Hughes chose explicitly for young people.
In The First Book of Negroes, The First Book of Rhythms, The First Book of Jazz, The First Book of the West Indies, and The First Book of Africa, all originally published between 1952 and 1960, Hughes hits just the right tone, presenting the history of Africans throughout the world without being condescending or simplistic. It is clear that, for Hughes, Africans and African cultures contribute to a world culture and a world community.
Also included in this essential volume are a number of uncollected poems for children; the captions Hughes wrote for Black Misery, which he completed just before his death in 1967; as well as several books published posthumously, The Sweet and Sour Animal Book and The Pasteboard Bandit, the latter also written with Arna Bontemps.
Hughes's books for children remain entertaining, moving, beautiful, and relevant. For scholars of African American literature and history and for readers of all ages, these are works to be enjoyed and to be taken seriously.
Beginning with four pieces Hughes published in The Brownies' Book, a magazine for black children edited by W. E. B. Du Bois and Jessie Fauset, this volume also includes two works first published in 1932: Popo and Fifina, a story of two children living in Haiti, which Hughes wrote with Arna Bontemps, and The Dream Keeper and Other Poems, a collection Hughes chose explicitly for young people.
In The First Book of Negroes, The First Book of Rhythms, The First Book of Jazz, The First Book of the West Indies, and The First Book of Africa, all originally published between 1952 and 1960, Hughes hits just the right tone, presenting the history of Africans throughout the world without being condescending or simplistic. It is clear that, for Hughes, Africans and African cultures contribute to a world culture and a world community.
Also included in this essential volume are a number of uncollected poems for children; the captions Hughes wrote for Black Misery, which he completed just before his death in 1967; as well as several books published posthumously, The Sweet and Sour Animal Book and The Pasteboard Bandit, the latter also written with Arna Bontemps.
Hughes's books for children remain entertaining, moving, beautiful, and relevant. For scholars of African American literature and history and for readers of all ages, these are works to be enjoyed and to be taken seriously.
Preț: 436.26 lei
Preț vechi: 513.25 lei
-15% Nou
Puncte Express: 654
Preț estimativ în valută:
83.50€ • 87.56$ • 68.100£
83.50€ • 87.56$ • 68.100£
Carte tipărită la comandă
Livrare economică 30 ianuarie-13 februarie 25
Preluare comenzi: 021 569.72.76
Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780826214980
ISBN-10: 0826214983
Pagini: 420
Ilustrații: 36 illus., 1 table
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 33 mm
Greutate: 0.74 kg
Ediția:First Edition
Editura: University of Missouri Press
Colecția University of Missouri
Seria The Collected Works of Langston Hughes
ISBN-10: 0826214983
Pagini: 420
Ilustrații: 36 illus., 1 table
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 33 mm
Greutate: 0.74 kg
Ediția:First Edition
Editura: University of Missouri Press
Colecția University of Missouri
Seria The Collected Works of Langston Hughes
V-ar putea interesa
-
The Sweet and Sour Animal BookLangston HughesPreț: 86.97 lei -
Preț: 376.94 lei -
Preț: 291.90 lei -
Imagining Rabelais in Renaissance EnglandAnne Lake PrescottPreț: 292.60 lei -
Hamlet: A Guide to the PlayW. Thomas Maccary-55%Preț: 149.28 lei329.71 lei -
Lillian Hellman: A Research and Production SourcebookBarbara L. Horn-42%Preț: 150.99 lei259.41 lei -
Jane Austen and Eighteenth-Century Courtesy BooksPenelope Fritzer-28%Preț: 432.60 lei601.65 lei -
The Blind Man and the Loon: The Story of a TaleCraig MishlerPreț: 354.10 lei -
Return of SimpleLangston HughesPreț: 112.16 lei -
Preț: 100.01 lei -
Crossing Borders through Folklore: African American Women's Fiction and ArtAlma Jean Billingslea-BrownPreț: 373.61 lei -
The Sweet Flypaper of LifeLangston Hughes-18%Preț: 92.12 lei112.08 lei -
Shakespeare's Imagery and What It Tells UsCaroline F. SpurgeonPreț: 245.54 lei -
Some Geese they Went A-WalkingDianne JohnsonPreț: 105.84 lei -
Selected PoemsLangston Hughes-27%Preț: 55.46 lei76.16 lei -
Jnl of Beat Studies V2Ronna C. JohnsonPreț: 246.37 lei -
2012/2013Joachim Dyck-9%Preț: 666.51 lei732.43 lei -
Der Streit Uber Die Tragodie: Der Tragodie Zweiter TeilTheodor LippsPreț: 214.63 lei
Recenzii
"Faced too often by the segregation and scorn of a surrounding white world, America's Negro children are in pressing need of books that will give them back their souls. They do not know the beauty they possess."
–Langston Hughes, 1930
–Langston Hughes, 1930
Notă biografică
About the Editor
Dianne Johnson is Professor of English at the University of South Carolina. She is the author or editor of a number of books for both adults and young readers, including Sitting Pretty: A Celebration of Black Dolls and The Best of the Brownies' Book.
About the Author
Langston Hughes was one of the most influential and prolific writers of the twentieth century.
Dianne Johnson is Professor of English at the University of South Carolina. She is the author or editor of a number of books for both adults and young readers, including Sitting Pretty: A Celebration of Black Dolls and The Best of the Brownies' Book.
About the Author
Langston Hughes was one of the most influential and prolific writers of the twentieth century.