Langston Hughes and the Blues
Download or Read eBook Langston Hughes and the Blues PDF written by Steven C. Tracy and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2024-05-07 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Author | : Steven C. Tracy |
Publisher | : University of Illinois Press |
Total Pages | : 422 |
Release | : 2024-05-07 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780252056949 |
ISBN-13 | : 0252056949 |
Rating | : 4/5 (49 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Langston Hughes and the Blues by : Steven C. Tracy
Book excerpt: 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 Hughes mined Black oral and literary traditions to create his poetry. Comparing Hughes’s poems to blues texts, Tracy reveals how Hughes’s experimental forms reflect the poetics, structures, rhythms, and musical techniques of the music. Tracy also offers a discography of recordings by the artists--Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey, Blind Lemon Jefferson, and others--who most influenced the poet.