Title: Swinging the Vernacular
Description: This book looks at the influence of jazz on the development of African American modernist literature over the 20th century, with a particular attention to the social and aesthetic significance of stylistic changes in the music. --Publisher description.
Subjects: African American authors, African Americans, African Americans in literature, American literature, History, History and criticism, Intellectual life, Jazz in literature, Modernism (Literature), Music and literature, American literature, african american authors, history and criticism, African americans, intellectual life
Places: United States
Time periods: 20th century