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Fine Clothes to the Jew is a 1927 poetry collection by Langston Hughes published by Alfred A. Knopf. Because it departed from sentimental depictions of African-American culture , the collection was widely criticized, especially in the Black press, when it was published.
7 de mai. de 2023 · Langston Hughes, "Fine Clothes to the Jew" (1927) (Full Text) This digital edition of Hughes' poetry derives from a version on HathiTrust. It was cleaned up from OCR page image scans and formatted by Kate Hennessey in spring 2024. The original page images can be viewed here .
In Hughes’s second book, Fine Clothes to the Jew (1927), he turned to the blues for a poetic form derived from and answering to the desires, needs, and aesthetic sensibilities of the Black working class.
a poetic concern with the manipulation of form, Fine Clothes to the Jew is based in essence on what one might acknowledge as a separate aesthetic, a different approach to poetic art.
In fact, the title Fine Clothes to the Jew, which was misunderstood and disliked by many people, was derived from the Harlemites Hughes saw pawning their own clothing; most of the pawn shops and other stores in Harlem at that time were owned by Jewish people.
Hailed by Arnold Rampersad as “[Hughes’] most brilliant book of poems,” Fine Clothes to the Jew is the stunning sophomore collection of poetry that—in conjunction with The Weary Blues—solidified Langston Hughes as a literary powerhouse.
Há 5 dias · Description Title Fine clothes to the Jew / by Langston Hughes. Creator Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967. Contributor 14:Van Vechten, Carl,--1880-1964--Bookplate.
