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008			170705s2017 nyua b 001 0 eng
010			_a 2017008079
035			_a(Sirsi) i9781479834891
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050	0	0	_aPS 3515 .U274 _bZ6173 2017
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100	1		_aBest, Wallace D. _q(Wallace Denino) _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aLangston's salvation : _bAmerican religion and the bard of Harlem / _cWallace D. Best.
264		1	_aNew York : _bNew York University Press, _c2017
300			_axix, 289 pages : _billustrations ; _c24 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aLooking for Langston -- New territory for new Negroes -- Poems of a religious nature -- Concerning "goodbye, Christ" -- My Gospel year -- Christmas in black -- Do nothing till you hear from me.
520	8		_aA new perspective on the role of religion in the work of Langston Hughes Langston's Salvation offers a fascinating exploration into the religious thought of Langston Hughes. Known for his poetry, plays, and social activism, the importance of religion in Hughes' work has historically been ignored or dismissed. This book puts this aspect of Hughes work front and center, placing it into the wider context of twentieth-century American and African American religious cultures. Best brings to life the religious orientation of Hughes work, illuminating how this powerful figure helped to expand the definition of African American religion during this time. Best argues that contrary to popular perception, Hughes was neither an avowed atheist nor unconcerned with religious matters. He demonstrates that Hughes' religious writing helps to situate him and other black writers as important participants in a broader national discussion about race and religion in America. Through a rigorous analysis that includes attention to Hughes's unpublished religious poems, Langston's Salvation reveals new insights into Hughes's body of work, and demonstrates that while Hughes is seen as one of the most important voices of the Harlem Renaissance, his writing also needs to be understood within the context of twentieth-century American religious liberalism and of the larger modernist movement. Combining historical and literary analyses with biographical explorations of Langston Hughes as a writer and individual, Langston's Salvation opens a space to read Langston Hughes' writing religiously, in order to fully understand the writer and the world he inhabited.
600	1	0	_aHughes, Langston, _d1902-1967 _xCriticism and interpretation.
650		0	_aReligion and literature _zUnited States _xHistory _y20th century.
650		0	_aAfrican Americans _xReligion.
600	1	7	_aHughes, Langston _d1902-1967
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