{"product_id":"the-poems-1941-1950-9780826213402","title":"The Poems: 1941-1950","description":"\u003cp\u003eVolume 2 includes the books \u003ci\u003eShakespeare in Harlem\u003c\/i\u003e (1942), \u003ci\u003eJim Crow's Last Stand\u003c\/i\u003e (1943), \u003ci\u003eFields of Wonder\u003c\/i\u003e (1947), and \u003ci\u003eOne-Way Ticket\u003c\/i\u003e (1949). Starting around 1940, Hughes turned away from radical socialism toward strong support for the national war effort; as a poet, he resumed his experimentation in the blues, as \u003ci\u003eShakespeare in Harlem\u003c\/i\u003e brilliantly demonstrates. With this change in political emphasis came a renewed commitment to the achievement of civil rights for blacks, which \u003ci\u003eJim Crow's Last Stand\u003c\/i\u003e vigorously asserts. In contrast, \u003ci\u003eFields of Wonder\u003c\/i\u003e was Hughes's only book devoted almost entirely to lyric verse; but the next volume, \u003ci\u003eOne-Way Ticket, \u003c\/i\u003e restored the balance that was essential to his creative expression as a poet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Hughes, Langston\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/18\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Missouri Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780826213402\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 292\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.44lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.40w x 1.11d","brand":"Langston Hughes","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39364464869451,"sku":"9780826213402","price":49.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0021\/1697\/6715\/products\/img_398b1856-7511-4ca9-8116-9f10724a05f0.jpg?v=1621353990","url":"https:\/\/blackbookstore.com\/products\/the-poems-1941-1950-9780826213402","provider":"Black Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}