03218nam 2200625Ia 450 991077892930332120230725055954.01-283-49197-497866134919780-8135-5073-4(CKB)2550000000084258(EBL)858960(OCoLC)775872942(SSID)ssj0000606533(PQKBManifestationID)11973789(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000606533(PQKBWorkID)10582499(PQKB)10322687(MiAaPQ)EBC858960(MdBmJHUP)muse16162(Au-PeEL)EBL858960(CaPaEBR)ebr10533634(CaONFJC)MIL349197(EXLCZ)99255000000008425820101116d2011 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrThe muse in Bronzeville[electronic resource] African American creative expression in Chicago, 1932-1950 /Robert Bone and Richard A. Courage ; foreword by Amritjit SinghNew Brunswick, N.J. Rutgers University Pressc20111 online resource (326 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8135-5043-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.Pt. 1. An account of origins -- The Tuskegee connection -- Charles S. Johnson and the Parkian Tradition -- The new negro in Chicago -- Pt. 2. Bronzeville's social muse -- Year of transition -- Birthing the blues and other Black musical forms -- Bronzeville and the documentary spirit -- The documentary eye -- Bronzeville's "writing clan" -- Bronzeville and the novel -- Bronzeville and the poets -- The wheel turns -- Appendix A: artists of Bronzeville -- Appendix B: African Americans employed by Illinois Writers' Project.The Muse in Bronzeville, a dynamic reappraisal of a neglected period in African American cultural history, is the first comprehensive critical study of the creative awakening that occurred on Chicago's South Side from the early 1930's to the cold war. Coming of age during the hard Depression years and in the wake of the Great Migration, this generation of Black creative artists produced works of literature, music, and visual art fully comparable in distinction and scope to the achievements of the Harlem Renaissance. This highly informative and accessible work, enhancedAfrican AmericansIntellectual life20th centuryAfrican AmericansIllinoisChicagoHistory20th centuryAmerican literatureIllinoisChicagoHistory and criticismChicago (Ill.)Intellectual life20th centuryAfrican AmericansIntellectual lifeAfrican AmericansHistoryAmerican literatureHistory and criticism.810.9/977311Bone Robert1924-2007.1510206Courage Richard A.1946-1549926MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910778929303321The muse in Bronzeville3808359UNINA