Shakespeare in Harlem / by Langston Hughes ; with drawings by E. McKnight Kauffer

Object Details

author

Hughes, Langston 1902-1967

illustrator

Kauffer, E. McKnight (Edward McKnight) 1890-1954

"A book of light verse"--Leaf preceding contents page.

Dickinson, D.C. A bio-bibliography of Langston Hughes, 1902-1967, 12

NMAF copy 39088019962299 gift of Victor Springer.

Contents

Seven moments of love. Twilight reverie ; Supper time ; Bed time ; Daybreak ; Sunday ; Pay day ; Letter -- Declarations. Evil ; Hope ; Young negro girl ; Harlem sweeties ; Little lyric ; Declaration ; Kid sleepy ; Snob ; Statement Me and the mule ; Present ; Free man ; If-ing ; Aspiration -- Blues for men. Six-bits blues ; Evenin' air blues ; Out of work ; Brief encounter ; Morning after ; Mississippi levee ; In a trouble key ; Only woman blues ; Hey-hey blues -- Death in Harlem. Death in Harlem ; Wake ; Cabaret girl dies ; Sylvester's dying bed ; Crossing ; Death chant -- Mammy songs. Southern mammy sings ; Share-croppers ; West Texas ; Merry-go-round ; Ku Klux -- Ballads. Sinner ; Killer boy ; Fortune-teller ; Girl whose name is mud ; Gypsy ; Pawnbroker ; Man who's gone -- Blues for ladies. Down and out ; Love again blues ; Midnight Chippie's lament ; Widow woman -- Lenox avenue. Shakespeare in Harlem ; Fired ; Early evening quarrel ; Announcement ; 50-50 ; Evil morning ; Love's return ; Black Maria ; Reverie on the Harlem River ; Love

1942

Call number

PS3515.U274S5X 1942

Type

Poetry

Physical description

124 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Smithsonian Libraries

Topic

African Americans

Record ID

siris_sil_427863

Metadata Usage (text)

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