Slavery and the literary imagination. By Deborah E. McDowell & Arnold Rampersad



Quicksand and Passing

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TX0001835286 / 1986-06-17
Date of Publication:
April 30, 1986
Date of Creation:
1985
Title:
Quicksand and Passing / Nella Larsen ; edited and with an introd. by Deborah E. McDowell.
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New Matter: "introduction, selected bibliography, a note on the text, and explanatory notes."
Imprint:
New Brunswick, N. J. : Rutgers University Press, c1986.
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246 p.
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Quicksand
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Passing
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Rutgers, the state university
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Slavery and the literary imagination

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TX0002472014 / 1988-12-23
TX0002836196 / 1990-04-18
Date of Publication:
December 13, 1988
Date of Creation:
1988
Title:
Slavery and the literary imagination / edited by Deborah E. McDowell and Arnold Rampersad.
Copyright Note:
See also Slavery and the literary imagination; Reg. 18Apr90; TX 2-836-196
Series:
Selected papers from the English Institute ; New series ; no. 13
Imprint:
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c1989.
Description:
172 p.
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Selected papers from the English Institute ; 1987 : New series ; no. 13
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the Johns Hopkins University Press
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Deborah E. McDowell

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Quicksand and passing

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TX0002623808 / 1989-04-21
Date of Publication:
December 10, 1988
Date of Creation:
1987
Date in Notice:
notice: 1986
Title:
Quicksand and passing / Nella Larsen ; edited and with an introd. by Deborah E. McDowell.
Basis of Claim:
New Matter: "revisions to introduction, selected bibliography and explanatory notes.
Previous Registration:
Prev. reg. 1986, TX 1-835-286.
Copyright Note:
C.O. correspondence.
Series:
American women writers series
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New Brunswick, N. J. : Rutgers University Press, c1986.
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246 p.
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Rutgers, the state university
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Nella Larsen (9 documents)
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Slavery and the literary imagination. By Deborah E. McDowell & Arnold Rampersad

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TX0002836196 / 1990-04-18
TX0002472014 / 1988
Title:
Slavery and the literary imagination. By Deborah E. McDowell & Arnold Rampersad.
Supplement to Registration:
TX 2-472-014, 1988
Variant title:
Slavery and the literary imagination
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the English Institute (on original appl.: the Johns Hopkins University Press)
Authorship on Application:
Deborah E. McDowell & Arnold Rampersad.
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Deborah E. McDowell
Arnold Rampersad
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Plum bun

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Non-dramatic literary work
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TX0002931754 / 1990-10-18
Date of Publication:
October 11, 1990
Date of Creation:
1989
Title:
Plum bun : a novel without a moral / Jessie Redmon Fauset ; with an introd. by Deborah E. McDowell.
Basis of Claim:
New Matter: "new introduction."
Previous Registration:
Prev. reg. 1928.
Series:
Black women writers
Description:
1 v.
Other Title:
Black women writers
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Beacon Press
Authorship on Application:
Beacon Press for hire of Deborah McDowell.
Names:
Deborah E. McDowell
Jessie Redmon Fauset 1882-1961
Beacon Press

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The New Negro

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TX0003286534 / 1992-03-19
Date of Publication:
March 18, 1992
Date of Creation:
1991
Title:
The New Negro / edited by Alain Locke ; with an introd. by Arnold Rampersad.
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New Matter: "introduction."
Previous Registration:
Prev. reg. 1925.
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Macmillan Publishing Company, a division of Macmillan, Inc.
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Macmillan Publishing Company, a division of Macmillan, Inc., employer for hire.
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Alain Locke
Arnold Rampersad
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Black thunder--Gabriel's revolt, Virginia, 1800

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TX0003358639 / 1992-07-13
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April 2, 1992
Date of Creation:
1991
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Black thunder--Gabriel's revolt, Virginia, 1800 / by Arna Bontemps ; with a new introd. by Arnold Rampersad.
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New Matter: new introd.
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Arnold Rampersad
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Arna Bontemps (29 documents)
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Days of grace

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Non-dramatic literary work
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TX0003611915 / 1993-08-27
Date of Publication:
June 7, 1993
Date of Creation:
1993
Title:
Days of grace : a memoir / by Arthur Ashe and Arnold Rampersad.
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1st ed.
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New Matter: additions & photos.
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New York : A.A. Knopf, 1993.
Description:
317 p.
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Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe and Arnold Rampersad
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photos.: Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe.
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Arnold Rampersad (53 documents)
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Arthur Ashe 1943-1993

Sorrow is the only faithful one

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Non-dramatic literary work
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TX0003628448 / 1993-08-31
Date of Publication:
August 23, 1993
Date of Creation:
1993
Title:
Sorrow is the only faithful one : the life of Owen Dodson / James V. Hatch ; foreword by Arnold Rampersad.
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Appl. states all new except foreword.
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Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c1993.
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362 p.
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Sorrow is the only faithful one : the life of Owen Dodson
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James Vernon Hatch, 1928-
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Arnold Rampersad (53 documents)
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The art and imagination of W. E. B. DuBois

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Non-dramatic literary work
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TX0003750730 / 1994-03-03
Date of Publication:
March 8, 1990
Date of Creation:
1990
Title:
The art and imagination of W. E. B. DuBois / Arnold Rampersad.
Basis of Claim:
New Matter: introd.
Previous Registration:
Prev. reg. 1976, A794203.
Imprint:
New York : Schocken Books, 1990.
Description:
323 p.
Copyright Claimant:
Arnold Rampersad
Names:
Arnold Rampersad

Native son ; and How "Bigger" was born

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Non-dramatic literary work
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TX0003839314 / 1994-07-01
Date of Publication:
February 26, 1993
Date of Creation:
1993
Title:
Native son ; and How "Bigger" was born / Richard Wright ; with an introd. by Arnold Rampersad.
Basis of Claim:
New Matter: introduction.
Imprint:
New York : HarperPerennial, 1993.
Description:
594 p.
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Native son
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How "Bigger" was born
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Arnold Rampersad
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Richard Wright (83 documents)
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Native son ; and How "Bigger" was born

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Non-dramatic literary work
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TX0003839315 / 1994-07-01
Date of Publication:
February 26, 1993
Date of Creation:
1993
Title:
Native son ; and How "Bigger" was born / Richard Wright ; with an introd. by Arnold Rampersad.
Basis of Claim:
New Matter: compilation & editing.
Imprint:
New York : HarperPerennial, 1993.
Description:
594 p.
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Native son
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How "Bigger" was born
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Ellen Wright
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compilation & editing: Ellen Wright.
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Richard Wright (83 documents)
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The return of simple

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Non-dramatic literary work
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TX0003957760 / 1994-12-09
Date of Publication:
July 27, 1994
Date of Creation:
1994
Title:
The return of simple / Langston Hughes ; edited by Akiba Sullivan Harper ; introd. by Arnold Rampersad.
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New York : Hill and Wang, c1994.
Description:
218 p.
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on introd.; Arnold Rampersad
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Langston Hughes (185 documents)
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The return of simple

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Non-dramatic literary work
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TX0003957761 / 1994-12-09
Date of Publication:
July 27, 1994
Date of Creation:
1994
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The return of simple / Langston Hughes ; edited by Akiba Sullivan Harper ; introd. by Arnold Rampersad.
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New York : Hill and Wang, c1994.
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218 p.
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on compilation and editorial contribution; Akiba Sullivan Harper
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Langston Hughes (185 documents)
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Akiba Sullivan Harper (4 documents)
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The collected poems of Langston Hughes

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Non-dramatic literary work
Registration Number / Date:
TX0004070507 / 1995-04-25
Date of Publication:
November 7, 1994
Date of Creation:
1994
Title:
The collected poems of Langston Hughes / Arnold Rampersad, editor, David Roessel, associate editor.
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1st ed.
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New Matter: introd., chronology, notes to poems, rev. poems & compilation.
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New York : Knopf, 1994.
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708 p.
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Estate of Langston Hughes
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Arnold Rampersad (53 documents)
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David Roessel
Langston Hughes 1902-1967
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"The changing same"

Type of Work:
Non-dramatic literary work
Registration Number / Date:
TX0004091343 / 1995-08-28
Date of Publication:
April 13, 1995
Date of Creation:
1994
Title:
"The changing same" : Black women's literature, criticism, and theory / Deborah E. McDowell.
Imprint:
Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c1995.
Description:
222 p.
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"The changing same" : Black women's literature, criticism, and theory
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Deborah E. McDowell, 1951-
Names:
Deborah E. McDowell 1951-

Collected poems

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Non-dramatic literary work
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TX0004230864 / 1996-04-01
Date of Publication:
February 26, 1996
Date of Creation:
1995
Title:
Collected poems / Robert Hayden ; edited by Frederick Glaysher.
Basis of Claim:
New Matter: introd.
Previous Registration:
Prev. reg. 1987, TX 2-212-320.
Imprint:
New York : Liveright Pub. Corp., c1996.
Description:
205 p.
Copyright Claimant:
Arnold Rampersad
Authorship on Application:
introd.: Arnold Rampersad.
Names:
Frederick Glaysher
Arnold Rampersad (53 documents)
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Robert Earl Hayden 1913-1980

Short stories of Langston Hughes

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Non-dramatic literary work
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TX0004408758 / 1996-10-18
Date of Publication:
August 23, 1996
Date of Creation:
1996
Title:
Short stories of Langston Hughes / edited by Akiba Sullivan Harper; with an introd. by Arnold Rampersad.
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1st ed.
Imprint:
New York : Hill & Wang, 1996.
Description:
299 p.
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on introd.; Arnold Rampersad
Names:
Akiba Sullivan Harper (4 documents)
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Leaving Pipe Shop

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Non-dramatic literary work
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TX0004440904 / 1997-01-09
Date of Publication:
December 20, 1996
Date of Creation:
1996
Title:
Leaving Pipe Shop : memories of kin / Deborah E. McDowell.
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New Matter: text.
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Portions prev. pub.
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New York : Scribner, c1996.
Description:
285 p.
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Deborah E. McDowell
Names:
Deborah E. McDowell

The sweet and sour animal book

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Non-dramatic literary work
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TX0004494884 / 1997-02-11
Date of Publication:
December 15, 1994
Date of Creation:
1959
Title:
The sweet and sour animal book / Langston Hughes ; ill. by students from the Harlem School of the Arts ; introd. by Ben Vereen ; afterword by George P. Cunningham.
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New York : Oxford University Press, c1994.
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1 v.
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Langston Hughes 1902-1967
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The life of Langston Hughes

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Non-dramatic literary work
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TX0004658769 / 1997-09-26
Date of Publication:
October 16, 1988
Date of Creation:
1988
Title:
The life of Langston Hughes : vol. 2, 1941-1967, I dream a world / Arnold Rampersad.
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New Matter: entire text, except the quotations from Langston Hughes, and compilation of ill.
Imprint:
New York : Oxford University Press, c1988.
Description:
512 p.
Variant title:
The life of Langston Hughes : vol. 2, 1941-1967
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I dream a world
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Arnold Rampersad
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Arnold Rampersad (53 documents)
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Four girls at Cottage City

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Non-dramatic literary work
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TX0004671771 / 1997-11-13
Date of Publication:
April 14, 1988
Date of Creation:
1987
Title:
Four girls at Cottage City / Emma D. Kelley-Hawkins ; with an introd. by Deborah E. McDowell.
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New Matter: introd.
Series:
The Schomburg Library of nineteenth-century black women writers
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New York : Oxford University Press, 1988.
Description:
379 p.
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Oxford University Press, Inc. (employer for hire)
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Emma D. Kelley-Hawkins
Deborah E. McDowell
Emma D. Kelley Hawkins
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The life of Langston Hughes

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Non-dramatic literary work
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TX0004684665 / 1997-09-26
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October 2, 1986
Date of Creation:
1986
Title:
The life of Langston Hughes : vol. 1, 1902-1941, I too, sing America / Arnold Rampersad.
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Appl. states entire text new except quotes from Langston Hughes & compilation of ill.
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New York : Oxford University Press, 1986.
Description:
468 p.
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The life of Langston Hughes : vol. 1, 1902-1941
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I too, sing America
Copyright Claimant:
Arnold Rampersad
Names:
Arnold Rampersad
Hughes, Langston, -1967 (3 documents)
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The pasteboard bandit

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Non-dramatic literary work
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TX0004699336 / 1998-01-23
Date of Publication:
November 20, 1997
Date of Creation:
1997
Title:
The pasteboard bandit / Arna Bontemps and Langston Hughes ; ill. by Peggy Turley ; introd. by Alex Bontemps ; afterword by Cheryl A. Wall.
Imprint:
New York : Oxford University Press, c1997.
Description:
93 p.
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on text & ill.; Peggy Turley, Ramona Bass, & Arnold Rampersad
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Alex Bontemps (2 documents)
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Arna Bontemps 1902-1973
Langston Hughes 1902-1967

The collected works of Langston Hughes

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Non-dramatic literary work
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TX0005451591 / 2001-10-09
Date of Publication:
October 4, 2001
Date of Creation:
2001
Title:
The collected works of Langston Hughes : vol. 12 : works for children and young adults, biographies / edited with an introd. by Steven C. Tracy.
Basis of Claim:
New Matter: text & compilation of materials from other sources.
Imprint:
Columbia : Univ. of Missouri Press, c2001.
Description:
318 p.
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The collected works of Langston Hughes : vol. 12
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Ramona Bass & Arnold Rampersad, administrators of the Estate of Langston Huges
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Steven C. Tracy (1 documents)
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Ramona Bass
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Langston Hughes 1902-1967
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The life of Langston Hughes

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Non-dramatic literary work
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TX0005504944 / 2002-01-24
Date of Publication:
January 10, 2002
Date of Creation:
2001
Title:
The life of Langston Hughes : vol. 1, 1902-1941, I, too, sing America / Arnold Rampersad.
Edition:
2nd ed.
Basis of Claim:
New Matter: new & rev. text.
Previous Registration:
Prev. reg. 1986, TX 4-684-665.
Imprint:
New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.
Description:
478 p.
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The life of Langston Hughes : vol. 1, 1902-1941
Other Title:
I, too, sing America
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Arnold Rampersad
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Arnold Rampersad (53 documents)
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The life of Langston Hughes

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Non-dramatic literary work
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TX0005504945 / 2002-01-24
Date of Publication:
January 10, 2002
Date of Creation:
2001
Title:
The life of Langston Hughes : vol. 2, 1941-1967, I dream a world / Arnold Rampersad.
Edition:
2nd ed.
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New Matter: new & rev. text.
Previous Registration:
Prev. reg. 1988, TX 4-658-769.
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New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.
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522 p.
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The life of Langston Hughes : vol. 2, 1941-1967
Other Title:
I dream a world
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Arnold Rampersad
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Arnold Rampersad (53 documents)
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The collected works of Langston Hughes

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Non-dramatic literary work
Registration Number / Date:
TX0005506171 / 2001-05-21
Date of Publication:
May 16, 2001
Date of Creation:
2001
Title:
The collected works of Langston Hughes : vol. 3 : the poems, 1951-1967 / edited with an introd. by Arnold Rampersad.
Basis of Claim:
New Matter: text & compilation of materials from other sources.
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Some material preexisting.
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Columbia : Univ. of Missouri Press, c2001.
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329 p.
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The collected works of Langston Hughes : vol. 3
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Ramona Bass & Arnold Rampersad, administrators of the Estate of Langston Hughes
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Ramona Bass (30 documents)
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Arnold Rampersad
Langston Hughes 1902-1967
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The collected works of Langston Hughes

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Non-dramatic literary work
Registration Number / Date:
TX0005506172 / 2001-05-21
Date of Publication:
May 16, 2001
Date of Creation:
2001
Title:
The collected works of Langston Hughes : vol. 3 : the poems, 1951-1967 / edited with an introd. by Arnold Rampersad.
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New Matter: editing & introd.
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Some material preexisting.
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Columbia : Univ. of Missouri Press, c2001.
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329 p.
Variant title:
The collected works of Langston Hughes : vol. 3
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Arnold Rampersad, 1941-
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Arnold Rampersad 1941-
Langston Hughes 1902-1967

The collected works of Langston Hughes

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Non-dramatic literary work
Registration Number / Date:
TX0005814267 / 2002-04-26
Date of Publication:
April 23, 2002
Date of Creation:
1967
Title:
The collected works of Langston Hughes : vol. 9 : essays on art, race, politics, and world affairs / edited with an introd. by Christopher C. DeSantis.
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New Matter: prev. unpublished text.
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Some material preexisting.
Copyright Note:
C.O. correspondence.
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Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2002.
Description:
627 p.
Variant title:
The collected works of Langston Hughes : vol. 9
Copyright Claimant:
Ramona Bass & Arnold Rampersad, co-administrators of the Estate of Langston Hughes
Names:
Ramona Bass (30 documents)
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Arnold Rampersad (53 documents)
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Langston Hughes 1902-1967
Christopher C. DeSantis
Langston Hughes Estate of (17 documents)
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