1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910552779003321

Autore

Grandt Jürgen E. <1968->

Titolo

Shaping Words to Fit the Soul : The Southern Ritual Grounds of Afro-Modernism / / Jürgen E. Grandt

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Columbus : , : Ohio State University Press, , 2009

©2009

ISBN

0-8142-7145-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 192 p. )

Soggetti

Modernism (Music)

American literature - African American authors - History and criticism

Modernism (Literature)

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 163-181) and index.

Nota di contenuto

A life and power far beyond the letter : the Afro-modernism of life and times of Frederick Douglass -- Shaping words to fit the soul : Afro-modernism and the breakdown of communication in Jean Toomer's Cane -- Roll call : Richard Wright's "Long black song" and the betrayal of music -- Blues and the abstract truth : the Southern groove continuum from W. C. Handy to the Allman Brothers Band -- Life and death in the Dirty South : the urban ritual grounds of Tayari Jones -- Conclusion. "The biggest colored show on earth" : Afro-modernism, hip-hop, and postmodern blackness.



2.

Record Nr.

UNIORUON00206026

Autore

LA GRASSERIE, Raoul : de

Titolo

De l'Accent comparé dans le diverses langues / R. deLa Grasserie

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Paris, : Paul Geuthmer, 1909. 102 p. ; 19 cm.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Francese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia