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Salvation Biographical Here is Hughes's page at the American Academy of Poets site, where you'll find biographical information, a photograph, a bibliography, and several Hughes related links.http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/83 Here's a photo of Hughes from the Smithsonian, taken in 1939 by Carl Van Vetchen, an early champion of the Harlem Renaissance. Vetchen was prominent in the white literary establishment at the time this photograph was made. http://www.150.si.edu/150trav/remember/r914.htm Cultural If you'd like more on the social history of Harlem in this era, here is a tour of "Harlem After Dark" in the 1920s. http://xroads.virginia.edu/~UG97/blues/watson.html The artistic movement Hughes was most closely associated with is called the Harlem Renaissance. (He was sometimes called the "poet laureate of Harlem.") Here's an overview of the Harlem Renaissance. http://www.csustan.edu/english/reuben/pal/chap9/9intro.html The prominent figures of the Harlem Renaissance were not exclusively men. These links featuring women active in the Harlem Renaissance will help make your understanding of the movement more complete. http://womenshistory.about.com/homework/womenshistory/library/bio/blbio_list_harlem.htm Bibliographical For further reading here are "Justice" and "Still Here" in e-text. How are they thematically similar to the work found in your textbook? How are they different? http://oldpoetry.com/poetry/12625 and http://oldpoetry.com/poetry/12610 |