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9780373053926 | Harlequin Books, December 1, 1987, cover price $2.50 | also contains Selected Letters of Langston Hughes

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Product Description: "Drawing on a deep understanding of the shades and structures of the blues, Steven C. Tracy elucidates the vital relationship between this musical form and the art of Langston Hughes, preeminent poet of the Harlem Renaissance. Tracy provides a cultural context for the poet's work and shows how Hughes mined African-American oral and literary traditions to create his blues-inspired poetry...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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9780252014574 | Univ of Illinois Pr, September 1, 1988, cover price $34.95 | About this edition: "Drawing on a deep understanding of the shades and structures of the blues, Steven C.

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9780252069857, titled "Langston Hughes & the Blues" | Reprint edition (Univ of Illinois Pr, May 1, 2001), cover price $30.00 | About this edition: "Drawing on a deep understanding of the shades and structures of the blues, Steven C.

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A biography of the Harlem poet whose works gave voice to the joy and pain of the black experience in America.

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9780195151619, titled "The Life of Langston Hughes: 1941-1967, I Dream a World" | 2 edition (Oxford Univ Pr, January 10, 2002), cover price $39.95 | About this edition: A biography of the Harlem poet whose works gave voice to the joy and pain of the black experience in America.
9780195045192 | Oxford Univ Pr, October 1, 1988, cover price $39.95 | About this edition: Traces the life of the black American poet from the 1940s to his death in 1967

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9780195061697, titled "The Life of Langston Hughes, 1941-1967: I Dream a World" | Reprint edition (Oxford Univ Pr, September 21, 1989), cover price $17.95 | About this edition: Traces the life of the black American poet from the 1940s to his death in 1967

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Presents biographical information along with critical analysis of the themes, symbols, and ideas that appear in the author's works.
By Harold Bloom (editor)

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9780791096123 | Chelsea House Pub, November 1, 2007, cover price $45.00
9780791061862 | Chelsea House Pub, December 1, 2001, cover price $35.00 | About this edition: Presents biographical information along with critical analysis of the themes, symbols, and ideas that appear in the author's works.
9781555463762 | Chelsea House Pub, June 1, 1989, cover price $45.00 | About this edition: A collection of twelve critical essays on Hughes and his work, arranged in chronological order of their original publication.

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9780791071724 | Chelsea House Pub, September 1, 2002, cover price $11.95 | About this edition: - A biographical and critical review of the world's most important writers- Expert analysis by Harold Bloom- A wealth of information on the writers that are most commonly read in high schools, colleges, and universities

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The complete script of the three-act play is accompanied by the Hurston short story, and notes on Lincoln Center Theater's adaptation

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9780060968854 | Reprint edition (Perennial, March 1, 1991), cover price $13.00 | About this edition: The complete script of the three-act play is accompanied by the Hurston short story, and notes on Lincoln Center Theater's adaptation

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Depicts the life of the Black American author, Langston Hughes, and examines the development of his writing

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9780517147696 | Random House Value Pub, December 1, 1995, cover price $11.99

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9780806513072 | Reissue edition (Citadel Pr, September 1, 1992), cover price $15.95 | About this edition: Depicts the life of the Black American author, Langston Hughes, and examines the development of his writing

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A gift edition celebrating the title's 75th anniversary features some of this beloved poet's most popular poems paired with brilliant new illustrations, and includes an introduction by poet Lee Bennett Hopkins.

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9780679844211, titled "The Dream Keeper and Other Poems" | Anv edition (Alfred a Knopf Inc, November 13, 2007), cover price $16.99 | About this edition: A collection of sixty-six poems, selected by the author for young readers, including lyrical poems, songs, and blues, many exploring the Black experience

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9780679883470, titled "The Dream Keeper and Other Poems" | Alfred a Knopf Inc, December 1, 1996, cover price $11.99 | About this edition: Sixty-six poems selected by the author include lyrical poems, songs, and blues, many exploring the Black experience

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9780679944218, titled "The Dream Keeper and Other Poems" | Anv edition (Alfred a Knopf Inc, November 13, 2007), cover price $19.99 | About this edition: A collection of sixty-six poems, selected by the author for young readers, including lyrical poems, songs, and blues, many exploring the Black experience

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9780606107921, titled "The Dream Keeper and Other Poems" | Demco Media, December 1, 1996, cover price $18.04 | About this edition: Sixty-six poems selected by the author include lyrical poems, songs, and blues, many exploring the Black experience

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9780613497275 | Turtleback Books, March 1, 1996, cover price $19.65 | About this edition: Sixty-six poems selected by the author include lyrical poems, songs, and blues, many exploring the Black experience

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A new collection of 'Simple' stories, more than half of which have never before been gathered into book form, chronicles the life and struggles of Jesse B. Semple and are considered by many to represent Langston Hughes's best work

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9780809086764 | Hill & Wang Pub, July 1, 1994, cover price $20.00 | About this edition: A new collection of 'Simple' stories, more than half of which have never before been gathered into book form, chronicles the life and struggles of Jesse B.

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9780809015825 | Reprint edition (Hill & Wang Pub, August 1, 1995), cover price $20.00 | About this edition: A new collection of 'Simple' stories, more than half of which have never before been gathered into book form, chronicles the life and struggles of Jesse B.

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9780252021053 | Univ of Illinois Pr, October 1, 1995, cover price $35.95

Paperback:

9780252064746 | Univ of Illinois Pr, August 1, 1995, cover price $23.00

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An introduction to jazz which focuses on its historical development.
By Langston Hughes and Cliff Roberts (illustrator)

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9780880014243 | Ecco Pr, October 1, 1995, cover price $15.00 | About this edition: A history of jazz celebrates the diverse backgrounds that contribute to the music's rich culture, and features the poet's one hundred favorite recordings

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9780880015523 | Ecco Pr, September 1, 1997, cover price $13.00 | About this edition: A history of jazz celebrates the diverse backgrounds that contribute to the music's rich culture, and features the poet's one hundred favorite recordings

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Offers a collection of stories written between 1919 and 1963 that follow Hughes' literary development and the growth of his personal and political concerns (view table of contents)

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9780809086580 | Hill & Wang Pub, August 1, 1996, cover price $25.00 | About this edition: Offers a collection of stories written between 1919 and 1963 that follow Hughes' literary development and the growth of his personal and political concerns

Prebinding:

9780613025041 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $28.20 | About this edition: Offers a collection of stories written between 1919 and 1963 that follow Hughes' literary development and the growth of his personal and political concerns

Product Description: Perhaps never before has the writing of American history seemed so much an arena of diverse claims and discord. Scholars explore areas of the past that once seemed hidden from view. Newly assertive groups in the American population draw attention to their own distinctive pasts...read more

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9780079131805 | 2 edition (McGraw-Hill College, September 1, 1996), cover price $45.10 | also contains Tambourines to Glory: A Novel | About this edition: Perhaps never before has the writing of American history seemed so much an arena of diverse claims and discord.

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Product Description: American Critical Archives is a series of reference books that provide representative selections of contemporary reviews of the main works of major American authors. Providing reprints of over 760 reviews and checklists of nearly 950 others, this book represents the first comprehensive collection of contemporary reviews of the writing of Langston Hughes from 1926 until his death in 1967...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)
By Letitia Dace (editor)

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9780521381482 | Cambridge Univ Pr, April 1, 1997, cover price $141.99 | About this edition: American Critical Archives is a series of reference books that provide representative selections of contemporary reviews of the main works of major American authors.

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Product Description: Though known primarily as a poet, Langston Hughes crafted well over 40 theatrical works. This book examines Hughes's stage pieces from his first published play, The Gold Piece (1921), through his post-radical wartime effort, For This We Fight (1943)...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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9780313287190 | Praeger Pub Text, December 1, 1997, cover price $84.00 | About this edition: Though known primarily as a poet, Langston Hughes crafted well over 40 theatrical works.

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Brings together Hughes's historically valuable plays, prefacing each play with an analysis of the playwright's motivation and insight into his life at the time of the writing. (view table of contents)
By Susan Duffy (introduced by) and Langston Hughes

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9780809322954 | Southern Illinois Univ Pr, January 1, 2000, cover price $39.95 | About this edition: Brings together Hughes's historically valuable plays, prefacing each play with an analysis of the playwright's motivation and insight into his life at the time of the writing.

Paperback:

9780809322961 | Southern Illinois Univ Pr, January 1, 2000, cover price $22.50 | About this edition: Brings together Hughes's historically valuable plays, prefacing each play with an analysis of the playwright's motivation and insight into his life at the time of the writing.

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9780395980767 | Mariner Books, July 1, 2000, cover price $8.50 | also contains B.o.o. 1

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An engaging portrait of two key figures of the Harlem Renaissance presents a collection of letters exchanged over the course of four decades between gifted African-American poet Langston Hughes and his white mentor, Carl Van Vechten, offering an incisive look at current events and issues, a study of American culture, and portraits of W. E. B. Du Bois, Ralph Ellison, James Baldwin, and other important figures. 25,000 first printing. (view table of contents)

Hardcover:

9780679451136 | Alfred a Knopf Inc, February 1, 2001, cover price $30.00 | About this edition: Presents a collection of letters exchanged over the course of four decades between poet Langston Hughes and his mentor, Carl Van Vechten, offering an incisive look at current events and issues.

Hardcover:

9780826213396 | Univ of Missouri Pr, May 1, 2001, cover price $45.00

Hardcover:

9780826213402 | Univ of Missouri Pr, May 1, 2001, cover price $45.00

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Product Description: Volume 3 collects the poems of the last period of Hughes's life. Montage of a Dream Deferred (1951) brilliantly fused the modernist dissonances of bebop jazz with his perception of Harlem life as both a triumph of hope and a deepening crisis ("What happens to a dream deferred?")...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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9780826213419 | Univ of Missouri Pr, June 1, 2001, cover price $45.00 | About this edition: Volume 3 collects the poems of the last period of Hughes's life.

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