Essays about: "Langston Hughes"

Found 2 essays containing the words Langston Hughes.

1. 1. Putting Jazz on the Page : "The Weary Blues" and "Jazztet Muted" by Langston Hughes

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

   Author : Ralph Hertzberg McKnight; [2019]
   Keywords : Langston Hughes; “The Weary Blues”; “JAZZTET MUTED”; the blues; jazz; Harlem; be-bop; the “Jazz-Age”; African-American history; “jazz poetry”;

   Abstract : The goal of this essay is to look at the poems “The Weary Blues” and “JAZZTETMUTED” (hereafter to be referred to as “JAZZTET”) by Langston Hughes andexamine their relationships to both the blues and jazz structurally, lyrically, andthematically. I examine the relationship of blues and jazz to the African-Americancommunity of Harlem, New York in the 1920’s and the 1950’s when the poems wererespectively published. READ MORE

3. 2. Black Atlantic expression in the poetry of Langston Hughes and Nicolás Guillén

   University essay from Engelska institutionen

   Author : Monica Bernath; [2013]
   Keywords : Langston Hughes; Nicolás Guillén; double consciousness; the Black Atlantic; national; cosmopolitan; identity; rootless;

   Abstract : As Paul Gilroy has argued, the Black Atlantic is a cultural and literary network that has emerged in the aftermath of the Atlantic slave trade. The concerns of the Black Atlantic are made visible in the poetry of African American Langston Hughes and Cuban Nicolás Guillén. Gilroy’s theorization of the Black Atlantic draws on W.E. READ MORE