The blues aesthetic and the making of American identity in the literature of the South / [electronic resource]
Baker, Barbara A.,1961-
New York : P. Lang,
2003.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [161]-164).
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.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Harris, George Washington, 1814-1869
Chesnutt, Charles W. (Charles Waddell), 1858-1932
Hurston, Zora Neale
Nordan, Lewis
National characteristics, American, in literature.
National characteristics, American, in literature.
Aesthetics, American
Lovingood, Sut (Fictitious character)
African Americans in literature.
Blues (Music) in literature.
Melancholy in literature.
Sadness in literature.
Music and literature.
American literature
National characteristics, American, in literature
Aesthetics, American
African Americans in literature
Blues (Music) in literature
Melancholy in literature
Sadness in literature
Music and literature
English
Languages & Literatures
American Literature