{"product_id":"9780826213402","title":"The Poems 1941-1950 (LH2)","description":"\u003cp\u003eVolume 2 includes the books \u003ci\u003eShakespeare in Harlem\u003c\/i\u003e (1942), \u003ci\u003eJim Crow's Last Stand\u003c\/i\u003e (1943), \u003ci\u003eFields of Wonder\u003c\/i\u003e (1947), and \u003ci\u003eOne-Way Ticket\u003c\/i\u003e (1949). Starting around 1940, Hughes turned away from radical socialism toward strong support for the national war effort; as a poet, he resumed his experimentation in the blues, as \u003ci\u003eShakespeare in Harlem\u003c\/i\u003e brilliantly demonstrates. With this change in political emphasis came a renewed commitment to the achievement of civil rights for blacks, which \u003ci\u003eJim Crow's Last Stand\u003c\/i\u003e vigorously asserts. In contrast, \u003ci\u003eFields of Wonder\u003c\/i\u003e was Hughes's only book devoted almost entirely to lyric verse; but the next volume, \u003ci\u003eOne-Way Ticket,\u003c\/i\u003e restored the balance that was essential to his creative expression as a poet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Missouri Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47011839344880,"sku":"9780826213402","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780826213402_p0.jpg?v=1763755412","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780826213402","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}