Ebook {Epub PDF} Not Without Laughter by Langston Hughes

NOT WITHOUT LAUGHTER is a coming of age novel about a boy named Sandy and the colorful cast of characters that surround him while he grows into a young man. There's his no 'count father, Jimboy; his silly and gullible mother, Anjee; his wild and free aunt, Harriet; his staunch and starched aunt Tempy; and last but not least, his grandmother who ironically in the novel is called Aunt Hagar/5(). When first published in , Not Without Laughter established Langston Hughes as not only a brilliant poet and leading light of the Harlem Renaissance but also a gifted novelist. In telling the story of Sandy Rogers, a young African American boy in small-town Kansas, and of his family–his mother, Annjee, a housekeeper for a wealthy white family; his irresponsible father, Jimboy, who plays the Pages: His first book of poetry appeared in , and in , not yet thirty years old, he published his first novel, Not Without Laughter. Hughes considered himself to be a “people’s poet” meaning that he concentrated on the lives of poor and working-class black Americans. His novel was written in the same vein/5(K).

The title of this book is Not Without Laughter (Dover Thrift Editions) and it was written by Langston Hughes. This particular edition is in a Paperback format. This books publish date is and it has a suggested retail price of $ It was published by Dover Publications and has a total of pages in the book. Complete summary of Langston Hughes' Not Without Laughter. eNotes plot summaries cover all the significant action of Not Without Laughter. Buy a cheap copy of Not Without Laughter book by Langston Hughes. Our greatest African American poet's award-winning first novel, about a black boy's coming-of-age in a largely white Kansas town When first published in , Not Free Shipping on all orders over $

Aside from its slow beginning, Not Without Laughter is a short, quick read at about pages. Unlike a lot of African American literature of this period, it isn’t violent, but because of Hughes’ nuanced treatment of the subject matter, it might be hard to discuss. More by Langston Hughes. Langston Hughes is a famous poet for good reason. Not Without Laughter is a debut in the best of ways: It covers uncharted territory, it compels its readers to see part of the world anew, and it prizes exploration over pat conclusion. Hughes accesses the universal – how all of us love and dream and laugh and cry – by staying faithful to the particulars of his characters and their way of life. Overview. Published in , near the end of the Harlem Renaissance, Langston Hughes's Not Without Laughter is a coming-of-age narrative about James "Sandy" Rogers, an African-American boy from the small Kansas town of Stanton. Loosely based on Hughes's own childhood in Kansas, the novel traces the challenges of African-American life in the.