Hughes, Langston - Further Reading

FURTHER READING

Criticism

Anderson, Sherwood. "Paying for Old Sins." The Nation 139, No. 360 (11 July 1934): 49-50.

Considers The Ways of White Folks a worthwhile book but believes Hughes's writing is hurt by his hatred for whites.

Davis, Thadious M. "Reading the Woman's Face in Langston Hughes's and Roy De Carava's Sweet Flypaper of Life." The Langston Hughes Review XII, No. 1 (Spring 1993) 22-8.

Discusses the role of change in Sweet Flypaper of Life.

Dodson, Owen. "Carousels and Rain." Poetry 71 (1948): 279-81.

Favorably reviews Fields of Wonder.

Evans, Nicholas M. "Langston Hughes as Bop Ethnographer in 'Trumpet Player: 52nd Street'." Library Chronicle of the University of Texas 24, No. 1-2 (1994): 119-35.

Analyzes Hughes's portrayal of the jazz subculture in his...

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