The Collected Works of Langston Hughes: Gospel plays, operas, and later dramatic works
- ISBN-10
- 0826214770
- ISBN-13
- 9780826214775
- Series
- The Collected Works of Langston Hughes
- Category
- African Americans
- Pages
- 690
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Missouri Press
- Author
- Langston Hughes
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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