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Author Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967.

Title The early Simple stories / Langston Hughes ; edited with an introduction by Donna Akiba Sullivan Harper.

Publication Info. Columbia, Mo. ; London : University of Missouri Press, 2002.

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 382 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series The collected works of Langston Hughes ; v. 7
Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967. Works (2001). 2001 ; 7.
Contents Acknowledgments -- Chronology -- Introduction -- A note on the text -- [section 1]. Simple speaks his mind (1950) -- pt. 1. Summer time -- 1. Feet live their own life -- 2. Landladies -- 3. Simple prays a prayer -- 4. Conversation on the corner -- 5. Family tree -- 6. A toast to Harlem -- 7. Simple and his sins -- 8. Temptation -- 9. Wooing the muse -- 10. Summer ain't simple -- 11. A word from "Town & country" -- 12. Matter for a book -- 13. Surprise -- 14. Vacation -- pt. 2. Winter time -- 15. Letting off steam -- 16. Jealousy -- 17. Banquet in honor -- 18. After hours -- 19. A veteran falls -- 20. High bed -- 21. Final fear -- 22. There ought to be a law -- 23. Income tax -- 24. No alternative -- 25. Question period -- 26. Lingerie -- 27. Spring time -- pt. 3. Hard times -- 28. Last whipping -- 29. Nickel for the phone -- 30. Equality and dogs -- 31. Seeing double -- 32. Right Simple -- 33. Ways and means -- 34. Law -- 35. Confused -- 36. Something to lean on -- pt. 4. Any time -- 37. In the dark -- 38. For the sake of argument -- 39. Simple pins on medals -- 40. A ball of string -- 41. Blue evening -- 42. When a man sees red -- 43. Race relations -- 44. Possum, race, and face -- 45. A letter from Baltimore.
[section 2]. Simple takes a wife (1953) -- pt. 1. Honey in the evening -- 1. Seven rings -- 2. What can a man say? -- 3. Empty room -- 4. Better than a pillow -- 5. Explain that to me -- 6. Baltimore womens -- 7. Less than a damn -- 8. Picture for her dresser -- 9. Cocktail sip -- 10. Apple strudel -- 11. Belles and bells -- 12. Bop -- 13. A hat is a woman -- 14. Formals and funerals -- 15. Science says it's a lie -- 16. Joyce objects -- 17. Necessaries -- 18. Second-hand clothes -- 19. Fancy free -- 20. That powerful drop -- 21. Never no more -- 22. Simply heavenly -- pt. 2. Manna from Heaven -- 23. Midsummer madness -- 24. Morals is her middle name -- 25. Party in the Bronx -- 26. Last thing at night -- 27. They come and they go -- 28. A million -- and one -- 29. Two loving arms -- 30. All in the family -- 31. Kick for punt -- 32. Night in Harlem -- 33. Staggering figures -- 34. Tickets and takers -- 35. Subway to Jamaica -- 36. No tea for the fever -- 37. That word black -- 38. Boys, birds, and bees -- 39. On the warpath -- 40. A hearty Amen -- 41. Colleges and color -- 42. Psychologies -- 43. Must have a seal -- 44. Shadow of the blues -- pt. 3. Sassafras in spring -- 45. Nothing but roomers -- 46. Here comes old me -- 47. Strictly for charity -- 48. Once in a wife-time -- 49. Whiter than snow -- 50. Simple Santa -- 51. Present for Joyce -- 52. Christmas song -- 53. Tied in a bow -- 54. Sometimes I wonder -- 55. Dear Dr. Butts -- 56. Castles in the sand -- 57. Four rings -- 58. Simply love -- Notes -- Index of titles.
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Reproduction Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL
System Details Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL
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Subject African Americans -- Literary collections.
African Americans.
Genre/Form Literary collections.
Subject Simple (Fictitious character) -- Fiction.
Simple (Fictitious character)
Genre/Form Fiction.
Subject African American men -- Fiction.
African American men.
African Americans -- Fiction.
Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- Fiction.
United States -- Social life and customs -- 1918-1945 -- Fiction.
Indexed Term Litteratur Engelsk, amerikansk litteratur.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Serialized fiction.
Bildungsromans.
Serialized fiction.
Short stories.
Short stories.
Literature.
Literature.
Added Author Harper, Donna Sullivan.
Other Form: Print version: Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967. Early Simple stories. Columbia, Mo. ; London : University of Missouri Press, 2002 0826213707 (OCoLC)50807104
ISBN 0826263852 (electronic book)
9780826263858 (electronic book)
0826213707
9780826213709