The Collected Works of Langston Hughes

The Collected Works of Langston Hughes
ISBN-10
082621410X
ISBN-13
9780826214102
Series
The Collected Works of Langston Hughes
Category
Biography & Autobiography
Pages
268
Language
English
Published
2001
Publisher
University of Missouri Press
Authors
Langston Hughes, Dolan Hubbard, Leslie Catherine Sanders

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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