Langston Hughes and the South African Drum generation
the correspondence
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Author
Contributions
- Graham, Shane - Contributor
- Walters, John - Contributor
Publication
2010 - Springer, New York, NY, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
49,750 words, Guess
Page Count
199 pages
Identifiers
- ISBN-10023010293X
- ISBN-139780230102934
- Library of Congress Control Number2009047761
- OCLC Control Number456171863
- Better World Books9780230102934
and 1 more
- Open LibraryOL24901696M
Classifications
- DDC818/.5209
- DDCB
- LCCPS3515.U274 Z597 2010
and 1 more
- LCCPN441-1009.5PL8009.5
Description
In 1953 African-American poet Langston Hughes began corresponding with several South African writers variously affiliated with the legendary Drum magazine. Published here for the first time, these letters provide an invaluable glimpse into the growing repression of South African apartheid and the slow but painful progress of the American Civil Rights movement. Revealing a fascinating set of transatlantic friendships between a titan of American letters and a group of writers that includes Peter Clarke, Todd Matshikiza, Bloke Modisane, Ezekiel Mphahlele, Peter Abrahams, and Richard Rive, this volume highlights Hughes's enormous influence on the rise of English-language literature by black and mixed-race writers in South Africa.
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