The Blues Aesthetic and the Making of American Identity in the Literature of the South

by Barbara A. Baker

The blues aesthetic as formulated by Ralph Ellison and Albert Murray holds that the African-American vernacular tradition, with blues music at its core, has had an unparalleled impact on the whole of American culture and art. Examining the manner in which the aesthetics related to blues music are manifested in the literature of George Washington Harris, Charles Chesnutt, Zora Neale Hurston, and Lewis Nordan reveals that African-American experience...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0820462209
• ISBN13: 9780820462202
• Release Date: May 2003
• Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi
• Length: 164 Pages