| 词条 | The Negro Speaks of Rivers |
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"The Negro Speaks of Rivers" is a poem by American writer Langston Hughes. PoemI've known rivers ancient as the world and older than the My soul has grown deep like the rivers. I bathed in the Euphrates when dawns were young. I built my hut near the Congo and it lulled me to sleep. I looked upon the Nile and raised the pyramids above it. I heard the singing of the Mississippi when Abe Lincoln went down to New Orleans, and I've seen its muddy bosom turn all golden in the sunset. I've known rivers: Ancient, dusky rivers. My soul has grown deep like the rivers. Composition and publication historyAccording to Hughes, the poem was written while he was 17 and on a train crossing the Mississippi River on the way to visit his father in Mexico in 1920.[1][2] Twenty years after its publication, Hughes suggested the poem be turned into a Hollywood film, but the project never went forward.[3]{{rp |305}} Analysis{{expand section|date=February 2011}}In his early writing, including "The Negro Speaks of Rivers", Hughes was inspired by American poet Carl Sandburg.[4][5]{{rp |169}} Legacy
References1. ^Miller, R. Baxter. "(James) Langston Hughes." American Poets, 1880-1945: Second Series. Ed. Peter Quartermain. Detroit: Gale Research, 1986. Dictionary of Literary Biography Vol. 48. Literature Resource Center. Web. Accessed on 23 August 2013. 2. ^Socarides, Alexandra (1 August 2013). "[https://lareviewofbooks.org/essay/the-poems-we-think-we-know-the-negro-speaks-of-rivers-by-langston-hughes The Poems (We Think) We Know: 'The Negro Speaks of Rivers' by Langston Hughes]". Los Angeles Review of Books. Accessed 23 August 2013. 3. ^{{citation | last = Berry | first = Faith | title = Langston Hughes: Before and Beyond Harlem | place = New York | publisher = Citadel Press | year = 1992 | ISBN = 0-8065-1307-1}}. 4. ^{{citation | last = Tracy | first = Steven Carl | title = Langston Hughes and the Blues | publisher = University of Illinois Press | year = 2001 | page = 142 | ISBN = 0-252-06985-4}}. 5. ^{{citation | last = Ikonné | first = Chidi | title = From DuBois to Van Vechten: The Early New Negro Literature, 1903–1926 | place = Westport, CT | publisher = Greenwood Publishing | year = 1981 | ISBN = 0-313-22496-X}}. 6. ^{{cite news|last1=Davis|first1=Rachaell|title=Why Is August 28 So Special To Black People? Ava DuVernay Reveals All In New NMAAHC Film|url=http://www.essence.com/2016/09/22/ava-duvernay-premiere-nmaahc|work=Essence|date=September 22, 2016}} 7. ^{{cite article |last1=Keyes |first1=Allison |title="In This Quiet Space for Contemplation, a Fountain Rains Down Calming Waters" |publisher=Smithsonian Magazine |url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/quiet-space-contemplation-fountain-rains-down-calming-waters-180964981/ |year=2017 |accessdate=March 10, 2018 }} 8. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.bustle.com/p/ava-duvernays-august-28-delves-into-just-how-monumental-that-date-is-to-black-history-in-america-10220382 |title=Ava Duvernay's 'August 28' Delves Into Just How Monumental That Date Is To Black History In America |publisher=Bustle.com |date= |accessdate=2018-08-30}} External links{{wikisource}}
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