The Weary Blues

Langston Hughes

• Editore: Open Road Media
• Anno: 2022
• ISBN:
  9781504073738
• Argomento: Literatura
• Categoria: Poesía americana

The first published poetry collection from the acclaimed Harlem Renaissance poet behind such works as "Montage of a Dream Deferred" and "Life is Fine."

Originally published in 1926, The Weary Blues is Langston Hughes's first collection of poetry. Broken into seven thematic sections, the sixty-eight poems capture the heart of a young budding artist and the spirit of the Harlem Renaissance. The title poem, "The Weary Blues, " tells the story of a musician performing in a bar and uses a very lyrical style that flows throughout the collection. Other poems include, "The Negro Speaks of Rivers, " "Danse Africaine, " "Dream Variation, " "Mother to Son, " "Suicide's Note, " and "Winter Moon." The work touches on subjects like art, identity, race, class, urban life, music, and the Black experience in 1920s America.

Indice dei contenuti

• Cover
• Title Page
• Introducing Langston Hughes to the Reader
• Proem
• The Weary Blues
• Jazzonia
• Negro Dancers
• The Cat and the Saxophone (2 A. M.)
• Young Singer
• Cabaret
• To Midnight Nan at Leroy’s
• To a Little Lover-Lass, Dead
• Harlem Night Club
• Nude Young Dancer
• Young Prostitute
• To a Black Dancer in. “The Little Savoy”
• Song For a Banjo Dance
• Blues Fantasy
• Lenox Avenue: Midnight
• Dream Variations
• The Negro Speaks of Rivers
• Black Pierrot
• Water-Front Streets
• Shadows in the Sun
• Our Land
• Epilogue
• Copyright