登入
選單
返回
Google圖書搜尋
The Essential Writings of James Weldon Johnson
James Weldon Johnson
出版
Random House Publishing Group
, 2011-06-22
主題
Literary Collections / American / African American & Black
Literary Collections / Essays
Political Science / Civil Rights
ISBN
0307796868
9780307796868
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=4bPu3zNmEGMC&hl=&source=gbs_api
EBook
SAMPLE
註釋
“A canonical collection, splendidly and sensitively edited by Rudolph Byrd.”
–Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
One of the leading voices of the Harlem Resaissance and a crucial literary figure of his time, James Weldon Johnson was also an editor, songwriter, founding member and leader of the NAACP, and the first African American to hold a diplomatic post as consul to Venezuela and Nicaragua. This comprehensive volume of Johnson’s works includes the seminal novel
Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man
, poems from
God’s Trombones
, essays on cultural and political topics, selections from Johnson’s autobiography,
Along This Way
, and two previously unpublished short plays:
Do You Believe in Ghosts?
and
The Engineer
. Featuring a chronology, bibliography, and a Foreword by acclaimed author Charles Johnson, this Modern Library edition showcases the tremendous range of James Weldon Johnson’s writings and their considerable influence on American civic and cultural life.
“This collection of poetry, fiction, criticism, autobiography, political writing and two unpublished plays by James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938) spans 60 years of pure triumph over adversity. [….Johnson’s] nobility, his inspiration shine forth from these pages, setting moral and artistic standards.”
—
Los Angeles Times