
Black Music, Black Poetry: Blues and Jazz's Impact on African American Versification
Title:
Black Music, Black Poetry: Blues and Jazz's Impact on African American Versification
Author:
Format:
Paperback
Number of pages:
224 pages
Publisher:
Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
ISBN-13:
9781138270565
EAN:
9781138270565
Classifications:
Literature: history and criticism
Weight (g):
474
Dimensions (mm):
155 x 235 x 16
Publication Country:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Condition:
New
Description
Black Music, Black Poetry offers readers a fuller appreciation of the diversity of approaches to reading black American poetry. It does so by linking a diverse body of poetry to musical genres that range from the spirituals to contemporary jazz. The poetry of familiar figures such as Paul Laurence Dunbar and Langston Hughes and less well-known poets like Harryette Mullen or the lyricist to Pharaoh Sanders, Amos Leon Thomas, are scrutinized in relation to a musical tradition contemporaneous with the lifetime of each poet.










