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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Published in:	Contemporary Literature Vol. 52; no. 1; pp. 108 - 146
Main Author:	Schultz, Kathy Lou
Format:	Literary Criticism
Published:	University of Wisconsin Press Spring2011
Subjects:	Tolson, Melvin Beaunorus, 1898-1966 Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967 Literary criticism Poetry (Literary form) Archives Literature Prelude to Our Age: A Negro History Poem (Poem) Libretto for the Republic of Liberia (Poem) African American poets 20th century American poetry
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