The Stories of Hughes (Masterplots II: African American Literature Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Langston Hughes
- First Published: 1934
- Type of Work: Short stories
- Genres: Social realism, Short fiction
- Subjects: New York, North America or North Americans, Northeast, U.S., United States or Americans, Philosophy or philosophers, Dogs, Sex or sexuality, South or Southerners, New York City, Religion, Friendship, Ethnic relations, Violence, Illegitimacy, Landlords or tenants
Langston Hughes was already an accomplished poet when he began writing short stories. Though he had previously published several stories in a Harlem magazine, it was not until 1933 (while sitting in a hotel room in Moscow, after having read D. H. Lawrence’s The Lovely Lady) that he decided the short story was another genre he could master. Hughes became proficient in such a short time that his first collection of stories, The Ways of White Folks, was published in 1934. Despite this initial success, there was a delay of sixteen years before another collection appeared,...
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