Title: The blues aesthetic and the making of American identity in the literature of the South
Subjects: African Americans in literature, American Aesthetics, American literature, Blues (Music) in literature, Criticism and interpretation, History and criticism, In literature, Intellectual life, Melancholy in literature, Music and literature, National characteristics, American, in literature, Sadness in literature, Sut Lovingood (Fictitious character), Harris, george washington, 1814-1869, Chesnutt, charles waddell, 1858-1932, Hurston, zora neale, 1901-1960, Southern states, in literature, Blues (music)
Places: Southern States
People: Charles Waddell Chesnutt (1858-1932), George Washington Harris (1814-1869), Lewis Nordan, Zora Neale Hurston