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Theme for English B Analysis
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The Negro Speaks of Rivers
Introduction Theme for English B is a poem written by Langston Hughes about a lone African-American college student tasked to write a one page paper about anything, as long as it is from the student. Racism is the theme of this poem, about how a 22 year old college student sees the racism happening…
“Theme for English B” by Langston Hughes Analysis
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The Negro Speaks of Rivers
Langston Hughes was an African American poet and author who joined other black artists to break literary barriers during the civil rights movement. The poem entitled Theme for English B was written thirty years or so after the birth of the Harlem Renaissance, but still embodies why the Renaissance had originated in the first place….
Difficulties of Being Gay in Langston Hughes’ Poem Blessed Assurance Short Story
Gay
The Negro Speaks of Rivers
Langston Hughes uses the foils John and Delmar to illustreate this interpretation of masculinity. As a leader of the Harlem Renaissance, Hughes uses realistic characters and his own personal experience to show the inner beauty of every soul. On February 1, 1902, one of the most intriguing poets to take part in the Harlem Renaissance…
| born | February 1, 1901, Joplin, MO |
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| died | May 22, 1967, Stuyvesant Polyclinic |
| description | James Mercer Langston Hughes was an American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist from Joplin, Missouri. One of the earliest innovators of the literary art form called jazz poetry, Hughes is best known as a leader of the Harlem Renaissance. |
| books | The collected poems of Langston Hughes 1994, The Weary Blues 1926, The Negro Speaks of Rivers 2009 |
| education | Lincoln University (1926–1929), Columbia University (1921–1922) |
| movies | Marshall, Looking for Langston, Black Nativity, The Strollin' Twenties, Way Down South |
| quotations | “My soul has grown deep like the rivers.” “Let the rain kiss you. “Hold fast to your dreams, for without them life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly.” “Ever’thing there is but lovin’ leaves a rust on yo’ soul. |
| information | Awards: Guggenheim Fellowship for Creative Arts, US & Canada, Spingarn Medal |
