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The muse in Bronzeville : African American creative expression in Chicago, 1932-1950 / Robert Bone and Richard A. Courage ; foreword by Amritjit Singh.
LIBRA PS285.C47 B66 2011
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bone, Robert, 1924-2007.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- American literature--Illinois--Chicago--History and criticism.
- American literature.
- African Americans--Illinois--Chicago--History--20th century.
- African Americans.
- African Americans--Intellectual life--20th century.
- African Americans--Intellectual life.
- History.
- Chicago (Ill.)--Intellectual life--20th century.
- Chicago (Ill.).
- Illinois--Chicago.
- Physical Description:
- xx, 302 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, [2011]
- Contents:
- Pt. 1. An account of origins
- The Tuskegee connection
- Charles S. Johnson and the Parkian Tradition
- The new negro in Chicago
- Pt. 2. Bronzeville's social muse
- Year of transition
- Birthing the blues and other Black musical forms
- Bronzeville and the documentary spirit
- The documentary eye
- Bronzeville's "writing clan"
- Bronzeville and the novel
- Bronzeville and the poets
- The wheel turns
- Appendix A: artists of Bronzeville
- Appendix B: African Americans employed by Illinois Writers' Project.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780813550435
- 0813550432
- 9780813550442
- 0813550440
- OCLC:
- 681911817
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