Spiritual, blues, and jazz people in African American fiction : living in paradox / A. Yemisi Jimoh.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jimoh, A. Yemisi, 1957-
Language:English
Published: Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, [2002], ©2002.
Edition:First edition.
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.
Physical Description:viii, 284 pages ; 24 cm
Format: Book
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.