Criticism of Langston Hughes

Langston Hughes, a well profound, gifted poet tolerates extreme turmoil as he attempts to receive recognition. He inevitably withstands the abrasive criticism from not only the racist rival individuals, but also his own race. He takes a well-owed career, as a Negro American, and nevertheless emerges as the most brilliant of Harlem's Renaissance writers, and as the one who creates the most vibrant portrait of the Negro's urban experience. What is recognition? To several, recognition …

…popularity in the racially turbulent latter years of his life. Unlike younger and more militant writers, Hughes never lost his conviction that "most people are generally good, in every race and in every country (Gale Group 1999)." Overall, Langston Hughes of the Harlem Renaissance gives expression to these feelings of social and political unrest, and tries to define the Negro experience in a manner which would integrate the Negro's rural heritage with its new urban existence.