The Collected Works of Langston Hughes
- ISBN-10
- 0826213693
- ISBN-13
- 9780826213693
- Series
- The Collected Works of Langston Hughes
- Category
- African American authors
- Pages
- 652
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Missouri Press
- Authors
- Langston Hughes, Dolan Hubbard
Description
The sixteen volumes are published with the goal that Hughes pursued throughout his lifetime: making his books available to the people. Each volume will include a biographical and literary chronology by Arnold Rampersad, as well as an introduction by a Hughes scholar lume introductions will provide contextual and historical information on the particular work.
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- 2002
- 382 pages
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- 2001
- 325 pages
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