Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-244) and index
The backward glance -- Socialism, nationalism, and nation-consciousness -- The poet as journalist -- The collage aesthetic
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"Explores Hughes's intellectual method and its relation to social activism. Examines his involvement with socialist movements of the 1920s and 1930s and contends that the goal of overthrowing white oppression produced a "socialist joy" expressed repeatedly in his later work, in spite of the anticommunist crusades of the cold war"--Provided by publisher
Socialist joy in the writing of Langston Hughes.
Hughes, Langston,1902-1967-- Criticism and interpretation
Hughes, Langston,1902-1967-- Political and social views
African Americans in literature
Socialism and literature-- United States-- History-- 20th century