The Poems 1951-1967 (Lh3): Volume 3

by Langston Hughes

Volume 3 collects the poems of the last period of Hughes's life. Montage of a Dream Deferred (1951) brilliantly fused the modernist dissonances of bebop jazz with his perception of Harlem life as both a triumph of hope and a deepening crisis ("What happens to a dream deferred?"). In the tumultuous following years, he refused to relinquish the mantle of the poet, as may be seen in his inspired last two books of verse, Ask Your Mama...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826213413
• ISBN13: 9780826213419
• Release Date: June 2001
• Publisher: University of Missouri Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 18 to 10 years
• Grade Range: Postsecondary to Grade 5