Not so simple : the "Simple" stories by Langston Hughes

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Not so simple : the "Simple" stories by Langston Hughes

Donna Akiba Sullivan Harper

University of Missouri Press, c1995

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Based on the author's doctoral dissertation

Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-252) and index

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The "Simple" stories, by Langston Hughes, were satirical pieces featuring Harlem's Jesse B. Semple. This book provides an historical analysis of these stories, from his first appearance in 1943 in the "Chicago Defender" to his 1965 farewell in the "New York Post".

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