To Save and Destroy: Melvin B. Tolson, Langston Hughes, and Theories of the Archive.

This article offers poetry criticism of the works of African American poets Langston Hughes and Melvin B. Tolson. It examines the themes of archives and archiving in their works, focusing on the relationship between archives and the development of national identity through poetry. The author focuses...

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Publicado en:Contemporary Literature Vol. 52; no. 1; pp. 108 - 146
Autor principal: Schultz, Kathy Lou
Formato: Literary Criticism
Publicado: University of Wisconsin Press Spring2011
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