Question

How did Countee Cullen and James Baldwin differ in their criticism of Hughes's work?

Answer 1

Answer:

Cullen claimed that Hughes' writing focused on American life, but ignored the African heritage of African Americans and believed that this was a disservice. Baldwin, on the other hand, circled the simple language adopted by Hughes in his poems, which, according to Baldwin, presented weak, irrelevant and meaningless agendas.

Explanation:

Cullen, Baldwin and hughes were American writers very committed to the causes of civil rights and the difficulties that African-Americans suffered in a racist and prejudiced American society. Although both authors used the same themes, they approached them in different ways and with different approaches, which meant that they often did not agree with each other's work and form of writing, which generated many literary criticisms from each other.