Langston Hughes and American lynching culture / W. Jason Miller.

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Main Author: Miller, W. Jason
Language:English
Published: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, 2011.
Subjects:
Hughes, Langston, > 1902-1967 > Criticism and interpretation.
Hughes, Langston, > 1902-1967 > Political and social views.
Hughes, Langston, > 1902-1967 > Political activity.
Lynching in literature.
African Americans in literature.
Lynching > United States > History.
Physical Description:xiv, 168 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The red summer of 1919: finding reassurance
  • The Scottsboro case and World War II America: poetic anger
  • Negotiating censorship in the 1950s: lynching as analogy
  • Poetry as counternarrative: retelling history.