The muse in Bronzeville : African American creative expression in Chicago, 1932-1950 / Robert Bone and Richard A. Courage ; foreword by Amritjit Singh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bone, Robert, 1924-2007.

Contributor:

Courage, Richard A., 1946-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Intellectual life--20th century.

African Americans.

African Americans--Illinois--Chicago--History--20th century.

American literature--Illinois--Chicago--History and criticism.

American literature.

Chicago (Ill.)--Intellectual life--20th century.

Chicago (Ill.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (326 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Muse in Bronzeville, a dynamic reappraisal of a neglected period in African American cultural history, is the first comprehensive critical study of the creative awakening that occurred on Chicago's South Side from the early 1930's to the cold war. Coming of age during the hard Depression years and in the wake of the Great Migration, this generation of Black creative artists produced works of literature, music, and visual art fully comparable in distinction and scope to the achievements of the Harlem Renaissance. This highly informative and accessible work, enhanced

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:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-49197-4

9786613491978

0-8135-5073-4

OCLC:

775872942