LibGuides: ENGL: Horror in American Literature: Horror of American Race Relations

"Red-Headed Baby" by Langston Hughes

The Gale Literary Source database only contains a couple of literary criticism articles around this story, although there is a lot of general material on Langston Hughes. The NCC Libraries also have a large collection of books on Hughes. Below is a sampling.

Langston Hughes by R. Baxter Miller
Call Number: PS3515 .U274 Z6687 2013
Publication Date: 2013
A Langston Hughes Encyclopedia
Call Number: PS3515 .U274 Z459 2002 BETHLEHEM & MONROE REFERENCE
Langston Hughes: Comprehensive Research and Study Guide by Harold Bloom
Call Number: PS3515 .U274 Z6716 1998
ISBN: 9780791051108
Publication Date: 1998

"Blood-Burning Moon" by Jean Toomer

The Gale Literary Sources database contains around 40 literary criticism articles on this story. Here's a sample of some of the articles:

What follows are some of the books that are available through the NCC Library:

Cane
Call Number: PS3539 .O478 C3 1988 BETHLEHEM STACKS
This is the text of Toomer's novel Cane, which contains the story of "Blood-Burning Moon." It also contains background information and literary criticism for the novel.
Jean Toomer
Call Number: PS3539 .O478 A6 1996 BETHLEHEM STACKS
This is a collection of essays by Toomer. Many of them cover aspects of race, like these chapters: The Negro emergent -- The crock of problems -- Race problems and modern society
A Jean Toomer Reader
Call Number: PS3539 .O478 A6 1993 BETHLEHEM STACKS
Another collection of essays by Toomer.