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The blues aesthetic and the making of American identity in the literature of the South / Barbara A. Baker. [electronic resource]
- 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):
- Harris, George Washington, 1814-1869--Criticism and interpretation.
- Harris, George Washington.
- Chesnutt, Charles W. (Charles Waddell), 1858-1932--Criticism and interpretation.
- Chesnutt, Charles W.
- Hurston, Zora Neale--Criticism and interpretation.
- Hurston, Zora Neale.
- Nordan, Lewis--Criticism and interpretation.
- Nordan, Lewis.
- National characteristics, American, in literature.
- Aesthetics, American--Southern States.
- Aesthetics, American.
- 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.
- Southern States.
- American literature--Southern States--History and criticism.
- American literature.
- National characteristics, American, in literature--Southern States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (viii, 164 p. )
- Place of Publication:
- New York : P. Lang, 2003.
- Language Note:
- English
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [161]-164).
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
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