Origins of the Dream Hughes's Poetry and King's Rhetoric |
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| Author:
| Miller, W. Jason |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8130-6044-6 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 2015 |
| Publisher: | University Press of Florida
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $34.95 |
Book Description:
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Since Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech, some scholars have privately suspected that King's "dream" was connected to Langston Hughes's poetry. Drawing on archival materials, including notes, correspondence, and marginalia, W. Jason Miller provides a completely original and compelling argument that Hughes's influence on King's rhetoric was, in fact, evident in more than just the one famous speech.
Since Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech, some scholars have privately suspected that King's "dream" was connected to Langston Hughes's poetry. Drawing on archival materials, including notes, correspondence, and marginalia, W. Jason Miller provides a completely original and compelling argument that Hughes's influence on King's rhetoric was, in fact, evident in more than just the one famous speech.