The Mule-Bone

Name: The Mule-Bone
Author: Langston Hughes
ISBN: 9781787365674

Author: Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston
Series: African Library
Language: English
Length: 92 pages
ISBN: 9781787365674
Published: 20 January 2023
Imprint: Sovereign

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Description

The Mule-Bone, written by renowned African American poet Langston Hughes, is a satirical play that engages the complexities of race relations and the significance of the cultural heritage of African Americans in the early 20th century. The play follows two friends, Dave and Bones, who enter into a heated debate about which one of them will be able to buy a mule at an auction.

Author

Langston Hughes (1902–1967) was a central voice of the Harlem Renaissance — poet, playwright, novelist, and essayist who captured the rhythms, humour, and dignity of Black American life. His work celebrates ordinary experience without sentimentality and insists that art belongs to the people who live it. From jazz-influenced verse to stage drama such as The Mule-Bone, Hughes helped define twentieth-century American literature.

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