Which sin to bear?
Subtitle: authenticity and compromise in Langston Hughes
By: David E. Chinitz
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 269
ISBN-13: 9780199919697
Subjects: African Americans in literature; Criticism and interpretation; Authenticity (Philosophy) in literature; Compromise (Ethics) in literature
Description: 'Which Sin to Bear?' highlights how Langston Hughes struggled with the tension between genuine artistic meaning and commercial concessions throughout his prolific career.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Becoming Langston Hughes; title: Producing authentic Blackness; title: Authenticity in the blues poetry; title: The ethics of compromise; title: Simple goes to Washington: Hughes and the McCarthy committee; title: "Speak to me now of compromise" : Hughes and the specter of Booker T.; title: Appendix A: Hughes's senate testimony in executive session; title: Appendix B: Hughes's public testimony.