"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 ...
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"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"--
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Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. Size: 8vo 8"-9" tall; A fine work by a noted Blues performer and who holds a Ph.D. in English Literature, part literary biography and ethnomusicology, showing how much the person and artistry of Ma Rainey, Lonnie Johnson, Blind Lemon Jefferson and Memphis Minnie, among others, influenced Hughes' work. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked. Greyish-blue cloth over boards with silver lettering to spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn. Bibliography, discography and indexes. 305 pp. including an index of song titles. Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.
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