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Author:

Baker, Barbara A., 1961-

Title:

The blues aesthetic and the making of American identity in the literature of the South / Barbara A. Baker.

Publisher:

P. Lang,

Copyright Date:

c2003

Description:

viii, 164 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Harris, George Washington,--1814-1869--Criticism and interpretation.
Chesnutt, Charles Waddell,--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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p.[161]-164).

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.

Series:

Modern American literature ; v. 38

ISBN:

9780820462202 (alk. paper)
0820462209 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)50243390

LCCN:

2002029451

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)