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Origins of the dream Hughes's poetry and King's rhetoric

Title
Origins of the dream [electronic resource] : Hughes's poetry and King's rhetoric / W. Jason Miller.
Author
Miller, W. Jason.
Publication
Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2015]

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Description
1 online resource (ix, 249 pages) : illustrations.
Uniform Title
Origins of the dream (Online)
Alternative Title
Origins of the dream (Online)
Subject
  • Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967 > Influence
  • King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
  • American poetry > African American authors
  • African Americans > History
  • Civil rights movements > United States > History > 20th century
  • African American poets > 20th century
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-240) and index.
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Contents
Introduction: giving new validity to old forms -- "Mother to son": the rise, removal, and return of Hughes -- Black and red: accusations of subversiveness -- King and poetry: quotations, revisions, and unsolicited poems -- "Dream deferred": King's use of Hughes's most popular poem -- "Poem for a man": King's unusual request -- "Youth": Hughes's poem and King's chiasmus -- "I dream a world": rewriting Hughes's signature poem -- "I have a dream": King speaks in Rocky Mount -- "The Psalm of brotherhood": King at Detroit's march for jobs -- The march on Washington: veiling Hughes's poetry -- Conclusion: extending the dream.
LCCN
2014031882
OCLC
ssj0001404769
Author
Miller, W. Jason.
Title
Origins of the dream [electronic resource] : Hughes's poetry and King's rhetoric / W. Jason Miller.
Imprint
Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2015]
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-240) and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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Available from home with a valid library card
Available onsite at NYPL
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