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Cross-rhythms : jazz aesthetics in African-American literature /
Cross-Rhythms investigates the literary uses and effects of blues and jazz in African-American literature of the twentieth century. Texts by James Baldwin, Ralph Ellison, Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, Gayl Jones, Toni Morrison and Ishmael Reed variously adopt or are consciously informed by a...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; New York :
Continuum,
©2008.
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| Colección: | Continuum literary studies.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Cross-Rhythms investigates the literary uses and effects of blues and jazz in African-American literature of the twentieth century. Texts by James Baldwin, Ralph Ellison, Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, Gayl Jones, Toni Morrison and Ishmael Reed variously adopt or are consciously informed by a jazz aesthetic; this aesthetic becomes part of a strategy of ethnic identification and provides a medium with which to consider the legacy of trauma in African-American history. These diverse writers are all thoroughly immersed in a socio-cultural context and a literary aesthetic that embodies shift. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (189 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 178-184) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781441179616 1441179615 1282876171 9781282876170 9786612876172 6612876174 9781441102959 1441102957 |