The blues aesthetic and the making of American identity in the literature of the South
- Title
- The blues aesthetic and the making of American identity in the literature of the South / Barbara A. Baker.
- Published by
- New York : P. Lang, 2003.
- Author
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Details
- Description
- viii, 164 p.; 24 cm.
- Series statement
- Modern American literature ; v. 38
- Uniform title
- Modern American literature (New York, N.Y.) ; v. 38.
- Subject
- Harris, George Washington, 1814-1869 > Criticism and interpretation
- Chesnutt, Charles W. 1858-1932 > Criticism and interpretation
- Hurston, Zora Neale > Criticism and interpretation
- Nordan, Lewis > Criticism and interpretation
- American literature > Southern States > History and criticism
- National characteristics, American, in literature
- Aesthetics, American > Southern States
- Lovingood, Sut (Fictitious character)
- African Americans in literature
- Blues (Music) in literature
- Melancholy in literature
- Sadness in literature
- Music and literature
- Southern States > In literature
- Contents
- George Washington Harris : the emergence of the blues from behind Sut's tragic/comic mask -- Charles Chesnutt : the dialectic of cultural transformation -- Zora Neale Hurston : from the jook to the juke box -- Lewis Nordan : riffing on memory and playing through the breaks.
- Call number
- Sc E 03-1239
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p.[161]-164).
- Author
- Baker, Barbara A., 1961-
- Title
- The blues aesthetic and the making of American identity in the literature of the South / Barbara A. Baker.
- Imprint
- New York : P. Lang, 2003.
- Series
- Modern American literature ; v. 38
- Modern American literature (New York, N.Y.) ; v. 38.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p.[161]-164).
- LCCN
- 2002029451
- ISBN
- 0820462209 (alk. paper)
- Research call number
- Sc E 03-1239