The early Simple stories /

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967.
Imprint:Columbia, Mo. ; London : University of Missouri Press, 2002.
Description:1 online resource (xvi, 382 pages)
Language:English
Series:The collected works of Langston Hughes ; v. 7
Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967. Works. 2001 ; 7.
Subject:
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11131591
Hidden Bibliographic Details
Other authors / contributors:Harper, Donna Sullivan.
ISBN:0826263852
9780826263858
0826213707
9780826213709
1417528273
9781417528271
Digital file characteristics:data file
Notes:Restrictions unspecified
Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010.
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212
English.
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve
Print version record.
Summary:Annotation Jesse B. Semple first sprang to life in Langston Hughes's weekly Chicago Defender column in 1943. Almost immediately, the "Simple stories," as they were routinely called, had a large and ever-increasing audience. Simple soon became Harlem's Everymanan ordinary black workingman, representative of the masses of black folks in the 1940s.

Simple had migrated to Harlem, like many other blacks, seeking to escape the racism of the South, and he celebrated his new freedoms despite the economic struggles he still confronted. Simple's bar buddy and foil in the stories is the better-educated, more articulate Boyd, who has never lived in the South. Their conversations permit Simple to speak the wisdom of the working class.

By the time the first book of Simple stories was published, Hughes had honed and polished these two characters, enhancing the distinctions between the vernacular language of Simple and the more educated diction of his friend. Remaining within the Afrocentric world that was his chosen sphere, Hughes makes clear the message that Simple and Boyd are very much alike; both are black men in a racially unbalanced society. Both exist in a world within a world, in Harlem, the separate black community of New York City.

"You imply that there is no fun to be had around white folks."
"I never had none," said Simple.
"You have a color complex."
"A colored complexion," said Simple.
"I said complex, not complexion."
"I added the shun myself," said Simple. "I'm colored, and being around white folks makes me feel more coloredsince most of them shun Negroes."

Countless exchanges between Simple and his companion offer wit and wisdom that remind contemporary readers why Langston Hughes is so special.

Other form:Print version: Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967. Early Simple stories. Columbia, Mo. ; London : University of Missouri Press, 2002 0826213707
Standard no.:9780826213709

MARC

LEADER 00000cam a2200000Ia 4500
001 11131591
005 20210528162320.8
006 m o d
007 cr cnu|||unuuu
008 041013s2002 mou o 000 j eng d
010 |z  00066601  
015 |a GBA219007  |2 bnb 
015 |a GBA2-19007 
016 7 |a 0826213707  |2 Uk 
019 |a 300817054  |a 319022291  |a 475713447  |a 606081557  |a 613390389  |a 727987206  |a 769357622  |a 770758791  |a 870338927  |a 929513356  |a 932325620  |a 961560111  |a 962637002  |a 974516333  |a 974572316  |a 982312729  |a 988405731  |a 991905946  |a 991944108  |a 1017995380  |a 1023006068  |a 1033590781  |a 1037391301  |a 1038655050  |a 1044974105  |a 1045458813  |a 1047915865  |a 1055318651  |a 1064118429  |a 1081268329  |a 1082199541  |a 1083596218  |a 1091778776  |a 1100552996  |a 1112866911  |a 1119030149  |a 1119125980  |a 1162523485  |a 1162688377  |a 1182012819  |a 1193148121  |a 1225580395  |a 1227644765 
020 |a 0826263852  |q (electronic bk.) 
020 |a 9780826263858  |q (electronic bk.) 
020 |a 0826213707 
020 |a 9780826213709 
020 |a 1417528273 
020 |a 9781417528271 
024 3 |a 9780826213709 
035 |a (OCoLC)56723438  |z (OCoLC)300817054  |z (OCoLC)319022291  |z (OCoLC)475713447  |z (OCoLC)606081557  |z (OCoLC)613390389  |z (OCoLC)727987206  |z (OCoLC)769357622  |z (OCoLC)770758791  |z (OCoLC)870338927  |z (OCoLC)929513356  |z (OCoLC)932325620  |z (OCoLC)961560111  |z (OCoLC)962637002  |z (OCoLC)974516333  |z (OCoLC)974572316  |z (OCoLC)982312729  |z (OCoLC)988405731  |z (OCoLC)991905946  |z (OCoLC)991944108  |z (OCoLC)1017995380  |z (OCoLC)1023006068  |z (OCoLC)1033590781  |z (OCoLC)1037391301  |z (OCoLC)1038655050  |z (OCoLC)1044974105  |z (OCoLC)1045458813  |z (OCoLC)1047915865  |z (OCoLC)1055318651  |z (OCoLC)1064118429  |z (OCoLC)1081268329  |z (OCoLC)1082199541  |z (OCoLC)1083596218  |z (OCoLC)1091778776  |z (OCoLC)1100552996  |z (OCoLC)1112866911  |z (OCoLC)1119030149  |z (OCoLC)1119125980  |z (OCoLC)1162523485  |z (OCoLC)1162688377  |z (OCoLC)1182012819  |z (OCoLC)1193148121  |z (OCoLC)1225580395  |z (OCoLC)1227644765 
035 9 |a (OCLCCM-CC)56723438 
037 |b 00027305 
040 |a N$T  |b eng  |e pn  |c N$T  |d OCL  |d OCLCQ  |d YDXCP  |d OCLCG  |d OCLCQ  |d OCLCE  |d E7B  |d NFS  |d MCR  |d OCLCO  |d FVL  |d DKDLA  |d OCLCQ  |d OCLCO  |d OCLCQ  |d DEBSZ  |d OCLCO  |d COO  |d OCLCQ  |d EBLCP  |d OCLCF  |d OCLCO  |d OCLCQ  |d OCLCO  |d AZK  |d CNNLC  |d AGLDB  |d DGU  |d MOR  |d PIFBR  |d ZCU  |d MERUC  |d OCLCQ  |d OCL  |d OCLCO  |d WY@  |d U3W  |d COCUF  |d LUE  |d INARC  |d BRL  |d WRM  |d STF  |d OCLCQ  |d VTS  |d NRAMU  |d ICG  |d VT2  |d OCLCQ  |d OCLCO  |d WYU  |d G3B  |d OCLCO  |d A6Q  |d DKC  |d OCLCO  |d CNNOR  |d OCLCQ  |d UX1  |d HS0  |d ADU  |d OCLCQ  |d U9X  |d OCLCO  |d VLY  |d AJS 
042 |a dlr 
043 |a n-us-ny 
049 |a MAIN 
050 4 |a PS3515  |b .U274 2002eb 
100 1 |a Hughes, Langston,  |d 1902-1967.  |0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80014956 
245 1 4 |a The early Simple stories /  |c Langston Hughes ; edited with an introduction by Donna Akiba Sullivan Harper. 
260 |a Columbia, Mo. ;  |a London :  |b University of Missouri Press,  |c 2002. 
300 |a 1 online resource (xvi, 382 pages) 
336 |a text  |b txt  |2 rdacontent 
337 |a computer  |b c  |2 rdamedia 
338 |a online resource  |b cr  |2 rdacarrier 
347 |a data file  |2 rda 
490 1 |a The collected works of Langston Hughes ;  |v v. 7 
505 0 0 |t Acknowledgments --  |t Chronology --  |t Introduction --  |t A note on the text --  |g [section 1].  |t Simple speaks his mind  |g (1950) --  |g pt. 1.  |t Summer time --  |g 1.  |t Feet live their own life --  |g 2.  |t Landladies --  |g 3.  |t Simple prays a prayer --  |g 4.  |t Conversation on the corner --  |g 5.  |t Family tree --  |g 6.  |t A toast to Harlem --  |g 7.  |t Simple and his sins --  |g 8.  |t Temptation --  |g 9.  |t Wooing the muse --  |g 10.  |t Summer ain't simple --  |g 11.  |t A word from "Town & country" --  |g 12.  |t Matter for a book --  |g 13.  |t Surprise --  |g 14.  |t Vacation --  |g pt. 2.  |t Winter time --  |g 15.  |t Letting off steam --  |g 16.  |t Jealousy --  |g 17.  |t Banquet in honor --  |g 18.  |t After hours --  |g 19.  |t A veteran falls --  |g 20.  |t High bed --  |g 21.  |t Final fear --  |g 22.  |t There ought to be a law --  |g 23.  |t Income tax --  |g 24.  |t No alternative --  |g 25.  |t Question period --  |g 26.  |t Lingerie --  |g 27.  |t Spring time --  |g pt. 3.  |t Hard times --  |g 28.  |t Last whipping --  |g 29.  |t Nickel for the phone --  |g 30.  |t Equality and dogs --  |g 31.  |t Seeing double --  |g 32.  |t Right Simple --  |g 33.  |t Ways and means --  |g 34.  |t The law --  |g 35.  |t Confused --  |g 36.  |t Something to lean on --  |g pt. 4.  |t Any time --  |g 37.  |t In the dark --  |g 38.  |t For the sake of argument --  |g 39.  |t Simple pins on medals --  |g 40.  |t A ball of string --  |g 41.  |t Blue evening --  |g 42.  |t When a man sees red --  |g 43.  |t Race relations --  |g 44.  |t Possum, race, and face --  |g 45.  |t A letter from Baltimore. 
505 0 0 |g [section 2].  |t Simple takes a wife  |g (1953) --  |g pt. 1.  |t Honey in the evening --  |g 1.  |t Seven rings --  |g 2.  |t What can a man say? --  |g 3.  |t Empty room --  |g 4.  |t Better than a pillow --  |g 5.  |t Explain that to me --  |g 6.  |t Baltimore womens --  |g 7.  |t Less than a damn --  |g 8.  |t Picture for her dresser --  |g 9.  |t Cocktail sip --  |g 10.  |t Apple strudel --  |g 11.  |t Belles and bells --  |g 12.  |t Bop --  |g 13.  |t A hat is a woman --  |g 14.  |t Formals and funerals --  |g 15.  |t Science says it's a lie --  |g 16.  |t Joyce objects --  |g 17.  |t The necessaries --  |g 18.  |t Second-hand clothes --  |g 19.  |t Fancy free --  |g 20.  |t That powerful drop --  |g 21.  |t Never no more --  |g 22.  |t Simply heavenly --  |g pt. 2.  |t Manna from Heaven --  |g 23.  |t Midsummer madness --  |g 24.  |t Morals is her middle name --  |g 25.  |t Party in the Bronx --  |g 26.  |t Last thing at night --  |g 27.  |t They come and they go --  |g 28.  |t A million -- and one --  |g 29.  |t Two loving arms --  |g 30.  |t All in the family --  |g 31.  |t Kick for punt --  |g 32.  |t Night in Harlem --  |g 33.  |t Staggering figures --  |g 34.  |t Tickets and takers --  |g 35.  |t Subway to Jamaica --  |g 36.  |t No tea for the fever --  |g 37.  |t That word black --  |g 38.  |t Boys, birds, and bees --  |g 39.  |t On the warpath --  |g 40.  |t A hearty Amen --  |g 41.  |t Colleges and color --  |g 42.  |t Psychologies --  |g 43.  |t Must have a seal --  |g 44.  |t Shadow of the blues --  |g pt. 3.  |t Sassafras in spring --  |g 45.  |t Nothing but roomers --  |g 46.  |t Here comes old me --  |g 47.  |t Strictly for charity --  |g 48.  |t Once in a wife-time --  |g 49.  |t Whiter than snow --  |g 50.  |t Simple Santa --  |g 51.  |t Present for Joyce --  |g 52.  |t Christmas song --  |g 53.  |t Tied in a bow --  |g 54.  |t Sometimes I wonder --  |g 55.  |t Dear Dr. Butts --  |g 56.  |t Castles in the sand --  |g 57.  |t Four rings --  |g 58.  |t Simply love --  |t Notes --  |t Index of titles. 
588 0 |a Print version record. 
506 |3 Use copy  |f Restrictions unspecified  |2 star  |5 MiAaHDL 
533 |a Electronic reproduction.  |b [Place of publication not identified] :  |c HathiTrust Digital Library,  |d 2010.  |5 MiAaHDL 
538 |a Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.  |u http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212  |5 MiAaHDL 
583 1 |a digitized  |c 2010  |h HathiTrust Digital Library  |l committed to preserve  |2 pda  |5 MiAaHDL 
520 8 |a Annotation  |b Jesse B. Semple first sprang to life in Langston Hughes's weekly Chicago Defender column in 1943. Almost immediately, the "Simple stories," as they were routinely called, had a large and ever-increasing audience. Simple soon became Harlem's Everymanan ordinary black workingman, representative of the masses of black folks in the 1940s. <p style="line-height: 150%">Simple had migrated to Harlem, like many other blacks, seeking to escape the racism of the South, and he celebrated his new freedoms despite the economic struggles he still confronted. Simple's bar buddy and foil in the stories is the better-educated, more articulate Boyd, who has never lived in the South. Their conversations permit Simple to speak the wisdom of the working class. <p style="line-height: 150%">By the time the first book of Simple stories was published, Hughes had honed and polished these two characters, enhancing the distinctions between the vernacular language of Simple and the more educated diction of his friend. Remaining within the Afrocentric world that was his chosen sphere, Hughes makes clear the message that Simple and Boyd are very much alike; both are black men in a racially unbalanced society. Both exist in a world within a world, in Harlem, the separate black community of New York City. <p style="line-height: 150%">"You imply that there is no fun to be had around white folks."<br />"I never had none," said Simple.<br />"You have a color complex."<br />"A colored complexion," said Simple.<br />"I said complex, not complexion."<br />"I added the shun myself," said Simple. "I'm colored, and being around white folks makes me feel more coloredsince most of them shun Negroes." <p style="line-height: 150%">Countless exchanges between Simple and his companion offer wit and wisdom that remind contemporary readers why Langston Hughes is so special. 
546 |a English. 
650 0 |a African Americans  |v Literary collections. 
650 0 |a Simple (Fictitious character)  |v Fiction. 
650 0 |a African American men  |v Fiction. 
650 0 |a African Americans  |v Fiction. 
651 0 |a Harlem (New York, N.Y.)  |v Fiction. 
650 7 |a African American men.  |2 fast  |0 (OCoLC)fst00799236 
650 7 |a African Americans.  |2 fast  |0 (OCoLC)fst00799558 
650 7 |a Simple (Fictitious character)  |2 fast  |0 (OCoLC)fst01119121 
651 7 |a New York (State)  |z New York  |z Harlem.  |2 fast  |0 (OCoLC)fst01312318 
653 |a Litteratur  |a Engelsk, amerikansk litteratur. 
655 0 |a Electronic books. 
655 4 |a Electronic books. 
655 7 |a Serialized fiction.  |2 fast  |0 (OCoLC)fst01726739 
655 7 |a Fiction.  |2 fast  |0 (OCoLC)fst01423787 
655 7 |a Literary collections.  |2 fast  |0 (OCoLC)fst01423811 
655 7 |a Bildungsromans.  |2 gsafd 
655 7 |a Serialized fiction.  |2 lcgft  |0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/genreForms/gf2014026537 
700 1 |a Harper, Donna Sullivan. 
776 0 8 |i Print version:  |a Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967.  |t Early Simple stories.  |d Columbia, Mo. ; London : University of Missouri Press, 2002  |z 0826213707  |w (OCoLC)50807104 
800 1 |a Hughes, Langston,  |d 1902-1967.  |t Works.  |f 2001 ;  |v 7. 
856 4 0 |u https://www.proquest.com/publication/2058109  |y ProQuest 
856 4 0 |u https://www.proquest.com/publication/2068240  |y ProQuest 
856 4 0 |u https://www.proquest.com/publication/2068238  |y ProQuest 
856 4 0 |u https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=e000xna&AN=113855  |y eBooks on EBSCOhost 
903 |a HeVa 
929 |a oclccm 
999 f f |i 0b20dd19-3860-597f-a88c-adaa0e5223c7  |s 31439ddc-4885-5696-99de-a935233321b3 
928 |t Library of Congress classification  |a PS3515 .U274 2002eb  |l Online  |c UC-FullText  |u https://www.proquest.com/publication/2058109  |z ProQuest  |g ebooks  |i 12498570 
928 |t Library of Congress classification  |a PS3515 .U274 2002eb  |l Online  |c UC-FullText  |u https://www.proquest.com/publication/2068240  |z ProQuest  |g ebooks  |i 12498571 
928 |t Library of Congress classification  |a PS3515 .U274 2002eb  |l Online  |c UC-FullText  |u https://www.proquest.com/publication/2068238  |z ProQuest  |g ebooks  |i 12498572 
928 |t Library of Congress classification  |a PS3515 .U274 2002eb  |l Online  |c UC-FullText  |u https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=e000xna&AN=113855  |z eBooks on EBSCOhost  |g ebooks  |i 12498573