Not without laughter : authoritative text backgrounds and contexts criticism / Langston Hughes ; edited by R. Baxter Miller.
| Author/creator | Hughes, Langston author. |
| Other author | Miller, R. Baxter, editor. |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | Norton critical edition. |
| Publication | New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., [2026] |
| Description | xvii, 327 pages ; 22 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Norton critical edition Norton critical edition. |
| Abstract | "In small-town Kansas at the turn of the twentieth century, Sandy Rogers is a young Black boy growing up surrounded by family. His mother, Annjee, works as a housekeeper for a wealthy white family while his father, Jimboy, comes in and out of town, bringing his guitar with him, and his grandmother, Hager, tries to keep the whole family right in the eyes of God. Amid the many hardships of these years of great change, Sandy learns what it means to be a member of the complex society he's inherited. First published in 1930, Langston Hughes's award-winning debut novel draws from the author's childhood in the rural Midwest to paint a moving account of the trials and joys of life in Black communities that, until the novel's publication, had not seen themselves reflected in American literature"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Genre/form | Domestic fiction. |
| Genre/form | Coming-of-age fiction. |
| Genre/form | Novels. |
| Genre/form | Literary criticism. |
| ISBN | 9781324059585 paperback |
| ISBN | 1324059583 paperback |