{"product_id":"origins-of-the-dream-w-jason-miller-9780813060446","title":"Origins of the Dream: Hughes's Poetry and King's Rhetoric","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor years, some scholars have privately suspected Martin Luther King Jr.'s \"I Have a Dream\" speech was connected to Langston Hughes's poetry, and the link between the two was purposefully veiled through careful allusions in King's orations. In \u003ci\u003eOrigins of the Dream\u003c\/i\u003e, W. Jason Miller lifts that veil to demonstrate how Hughes's revolutionary poetry became a measurable inflection in King's voice, and that the influence can be found in more than just the one famous speech.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMiller contends that by employing Hughes's metaphors in his speeches, King negotiated a political climate that sought to silence the poet's subversive voice. He argues that by using allusion rather than quotation, King avoided intensifying the threats and accusations against him, while allowing the nation to unconsciously embrace the incendiary ideas behind Hughes's poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e W. Jason Miller\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0813060443\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780813060446\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of Florida\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/03\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.20w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChronicle of Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/13\/2015 pg. 19\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2015 pg. 1657","brand":"W. Jason Miller","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47001234669823,"sku":"9780813060446","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5cc1f0ae-9d20-4e7e-80aa-347c2d72eb93.jpg?v=1751600462","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/origins-of-the-dream-w-jason-miller-9780813060446","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}