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Steven C. Tracy
The shades and structures of the blues had an immense impact on the poetry of Langston Hughes. Steven C. Tracy provides a cultural context for Hughes's work while revealing how…
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An expansive introduction to Chicago’s great cultural explosion
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A selection of writings, published between 1911 and 1998, on the subject of blues music. There are contributions by folklorists, anthropologists, sociologists, literary artists, musicians, critics and aficionados, including Richard…
Examines the diverse ways in which African American hot music influenced American culture in early twentieth century America. Steven C. Tracy provides a history of the fusion of African and…
Langston Hughes has been an inspiration to generations of readers and writers seeking a passionate, intelligent, and socially responsible art. In this volume, Steven C. Tracy has gathered a broad…
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This collection of essays treat Ralph Ellison’s body of work, including his novel ‘The Invisible Man’. It confronts Ellison the man of ideas, essayist, and short story writer, as well…
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The essays in this collection treat the whole of Ralph Ellison’s body of work, including his famous novel Invisible Man. The volume confronts Ellison the man of ideas, essayist, and…
A critical edition of Roark Bradford’s novel and play on the iconic John Henry, this volume provides a rich introduction that contextualizes both works and highlights the role of the…
Langston Hughes
This volume contains Langston Hughes’s collections of biographies for children and young adults - Famous American Negroes , Famous Negro Music Makers and Famous Negro Heroes of America . These…
Roark Bradford
Exploring new directions in the study of Brown’s life and work, After Winter is structured around the following three features: (1) new and previously published essays that sum up contemporary…
Building on the 1991 publication What Mean These Bones? Studies in Southeastern Bioarchaeology, this new edited collection from Shannon Chappell Hodge and Kristrina A. Shuler marks steady advances over the…
