| Description |
xviii, 260 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction: "Day-after-day heroism" -- The Simple setting : the 1940s in the Chicago defender -- The "Here to yonder" column : Hughes in two voices -- Simple comes to life -- Negotiations : finding a publisher for Simple -- Readings and revisions -- Simple takes a wife ... and Broadway -- Simple claims the best -- Simple's last moves -- Conclusion : Simple's curtain call -- Appendix A. "Here to yonder" columns, 1942-1949 -- Appendix B. Contents of Simple speaks his mind. |
| Note |
Based on the author's doctoral dissertation. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-252) and index. |
| Form |
Also issued online. |
| Subject |
Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967 -- Characters -- Simple.
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African American men in literature.
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African Americans in literature.
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Simple (Fictitious character)
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| Indexed Term |
English fiction |
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United States |
| ISBN |
0826209807 alkaline paper |
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9780826209801 alkaline paper |
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0826210880 paperback |
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9780826210883 paperback |
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