Langston Hughes and the blues
Tracy Steven C2001
Book
Total copies: 1
Subject: Drawing on a deep understanding of the shades and structures of the blues, Steven C. Tracy elucidates the vital relationship between this musical form and the art of Langston Hughes, preeminent poet of the Harlem Renaissance. Tracy provides a cultural context for the poet's work and shows how Hughes mined African-American oral and literary traditions to create his blues-inspired poetry. Through a detailed comparison of Hughes's poems to blues texts, Tracy demosntrates how the poetics, structures, rhythms, and musical techniques of the blues are reflected in Hughes's experimental forms. The volume also includes a discography of recordings by the blues artists - Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey, Blind Lemon Jefferson, and others - who most influenced Hughes, updated in a new introduction by the author.
Main title:
Author:
Imprint:
US 2001 University of Illinois Press
Collation:
305p
ISBN:
0252069854
Dewey class:
AR.2.01TRA
Local class:
AR.2.01/TRA
Language:
English
BRN:
1840000