{"product_id":"the-poems-1921-1940-lh1-volume-1-hardcover","title":"The Poems 1921-1940 (Lh1): Volume 1 - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLangston Hughes\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eArnold Rampersad\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVolume 1 includes the complete texts of four books of verse by Hughes, including his first book, \u003ci\u003eThe Weary Blues\u003c\/i\u003e (1926), and his second, \u003ci\u003eFine Clothes to the Jew\u003c\/i\u003e (1927), as well as other poems published by him during and after the Harlem Renaissance. \u003ci\u003eThe Weary Blues\u003c\/i\u003e announced the arrival of a rare voice in American poetry. A literary descendant of Walt Whitman (\"I, too, sing America,\" Hughes wrote), he chanted the joys and sorrows of black America in unprecedented language. A gifted lyricist, he offered rhythms and cadences that epitomized the particularities of African American creativity, especially jazz and the blues. His second volume, steeped in the blues and controversial because of its frankness, confirmed Hughes as a poet of uncompromising integrity. Then in the 1930s came \u003ci\u003eDear Lovely Death\u003c\/i\u003e (1931) and the radical \u003ci\u003eA New Song\u003c\/i\u003e (1938). Poems such as \"Good Morning Revolution\" and \"Let America Be America Again\" made his pen one of the most forceful in America during the Great Depression.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbout the Editor \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eArnold Rampersad\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor Emeritus of English at Stanford University in California. He is the author, coauthor, or editor of numerous publications, including \u003ci\u003eThe Life of Langston Hughes, Jackie Robinson: A Biography, \u003c\/i\u003e and, with Arthur Ashe, \u003ci\u003eDays of Grace: A Memoir.\u003c\/i\u003e He is a 2010 recipient of the National Humanities Medal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e About the Author \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLangston Hughes\u003c\/b\u003e was one of the most influential and prolific writers of the twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 296\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.06 x 9.3 x 6.42 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 18, 2001\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46029838254277,"sku":"9780826213396","price":98.73,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/AxWaaqUD229780826213396.webp?v=1775271289","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/the-poems-1921-1940-lh1-volume-1-hardcover","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}