Tambourines to Glory | Critical Overview
Compared with the poetry, little critical attention has been paid to Hughes’s prose, and the novel Tambourines to Glory has yet to receive serious critical analysis. In fact, several reference works completely overlook Tambourines to Glory, listing Not without Laughter (1930) as Hughes’s only novel. But, because of Hughes’s importance, the novel was widely, if not always favorably, reviewed upon publication in the most important periodicals of the day.
Most critics admired the novel’s humor and liveliness, and were captivated by the author’s obvious...
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