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Spiritual, blues, and jazz people in African American fiction : living in paradox /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jimoh, A. Yemisi, 1957-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, [2002]
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
American fiction > African American authors > History and criticism.
African American musicians in literature.
Musical fiction > History and criticism.
Spirituals (Songs) in literature.
African Americans in literature.
Jazz musicians in literature.
Blues (Music) in literature.
Music and literature.
Music in literature.
Jazz in literature.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : We'll understand it better by and by
  • Muddy waters : music in African American fiction
  • Stormy blues : from the folk into literary form
  • These (blackness of blackness) blues
  • Dizzy atmosphere
  • Jazz me blues : reading music in James Baldwin's "Sonny's blues"
  • Conclusion : toward a stopping place.