The Weary Blues

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book poetry collection

The Weary Blues is a landmark 1926 poetry collection by Langston Hughes that helped define the voice and themes of the Harlem Renaissance.

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Label	Occurrences
The Weary Blues canonical	8
"The Weary Blues"	2
"The Weary Blues" section	1
The Weary Blues (poetry collection)	1
Weary Blues	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	book ⓘ poetry collection ⓘ
associatedWith	Harlem Renaissance ⓘ surface form: New Negro movement
author	Langston Hughes ⓘ
containsPoem	"Dream Variations" ⓘ The Negro Speaks of Rivers ⓘ surface form: "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" The Weary Blues self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: "The Weary Blues"
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
coverArtist	Winold Reiss ⓘ
criticalReception	widely praised on publication ⓘ
dedicatedTo	Carl Van Vechten ⓘ
firstEditionPlaceOfPublication	New York City ⓘ
form	free verse ⓘ lyric poetry ⓘ
genre	poetry ⓘ
hasAdaptation	musical settings of poems ⓘ spoken word performances ⓘ
hasCollectionSection	"Dream Variations" section ⓘ The Weary Blues self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: "The Weary Blues" section
hasISBN	9780394718047 ⓘ
includedInSyllabi	African American literature courses ⓘ American poetry courses ⓘ
influenced	later African American poetry ⓘ
influencedBy	blues music ⓘ jazz music ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
libraryOfCongressClassification	PS3515.U274 W4 ⓘ
literaryMovement	Harlem Renaissance ⓘ
literaryStyle	blues-influenced verse ⓘ jazz poetry ⓘ
notableFor	helping define the voice of the Harlem Renaissance ⓘ use of jazz and blues rhythms in poetry ⓘ
originalMedium	print ⓘ
publicationDate	1926 ⓘ
publisher	Alfred A. Knopf ⓘ
settingContext	Harlem ⓘ surface form: Harlem, New York City
significance	first major poetry collection by Langston Hughes ⓘ landmark work of the Harlem Renaissance ⓘ
subject	Black Americans ⓘ surface form: African Americans dreams and aspirations ⓘ race relations in the United States ⓘ
theme	African American identity ⓘ music and blues culture ⓘ racial pride ⓘ struggle and resilience ⓘ urban life in Harlem ⓘ
timePeriodDescribed	early 20th century ⓘ
titlePoem	The Weary Blues self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: "The Weary Blues"

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Albert and Charles Boni → notableWorkPublished → The Weary Blues ⓘ