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The blues aesthetic and the making of American identity in the literature of the South / Barbara A. Baker.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Baker, Barbara A., 1961-
- Series:
- Modern American literature (New York, N.Y.) ; v. 38.
- Modern American literature ; v. 38
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Nordan, Lewis.
- Hurston, Zora Neale.
- Harris, George Washington, 1814-1869.
- American literature--Southern States--History and criticism.
- American literature.
- Aesthetics, American.
- Criticism and interpretation.
- Southern States.
- Harris, George Washington, 1814-1869--Criticism and interpretation.
- Harris, George Washington.
- Chesnutt, Charles W. (Charles Waddell), 1858-1932--Criticism and interpretation.
- Chesnutt, Charles W.
- Chesnutt, Charles W. (Charles Waddell), 1858-1932.
- Hurston, Zora Neale--Criticism and interpretation.
- National characteristics, American, in literature.
- Nordan, Lewis--Criticism and interpretation.
- Aesthetics, American--Southern States.
- Lovingood, Sut (Fictitious character).
- Southern States--In literature.
- African Americans in literature.
- Blues (Music) in literature.
- Melancholy in literature.
- Sadness in literature.
- Music and literature.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 164 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : P. Lang, 2003.
- Contents:
- 1 George Washington Harris: The Emergence of the Blues from Behind Sut's Tragic/Comic Mask 9
- 2 Charles Chesnutt: The Dialectic of Cultural Transformation 29
- 3 Zora Neale Hurston: From the Jook to the Juke Box 63
- 4 Lewis Nordan: Riffing on Memory and Playing through the Breaks 123.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [161]-164).
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0820462209
- OCLC:
- 50243390
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