Shaping words to fit the soul
Subtitle: the southern ritual grounds of Afro-modernism
By: Jürgen E. Grandt.
Publisher: Ohio State University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Columbus
Language: eng
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9780814211120; 9780814292099
Subjects: Douglass, Frederick, -- 1818-1895 -- Criticism and interpretation; Toomer, Jean, -- 1894-1967 -- Criticism and interpretation; Wright, Richard, -- 1908-1960 -- Criticism and interpretation; Jones, Tayari -- Criticism and interpretation; Handy, W. C. -- 1873-1958 -- Criticism and interpretation; Allman Brothers Band -- Criticism and interpretation; Modernism (Literature); American literature -- African American authors -- History and criticism; Modernism (Music)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A life and power far beyond the letter : the Afro-modernism of life and times of Frederick Douglass; title: Shaping words to fit the soul : Afro-modernism and the breakdown of communication in Jean Toomer's Cane; title: Roll call : Richard Wright's "Long black song" and the betrayal of music; title: Blues and the abstract truth : the Southern groove continuum from W. C. Handy to the Allman Brothers Band; title: Life and death in the Dirty South : the urban ritual grounds of Tayari Jones; title: Conclusion. "The biggest colored show on earth" : Afro-modernism, hip-hop, and postmodern blackness.