LEADER 03218nam 2200625Ia 450 001 9910778929303321 005 20230725055954.0 010 $a1-283-49197-4 010 $a9786613491978 010 $a0-8135-5073-4 035 $a(CKB)2550000000084258 035 $a(EBL)858960 035 $a(OCoLC)775872942 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000606533 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11973789 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000606533 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10582499 035 $a(PQKB)10322687 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC858960 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse16162 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL858960 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10533634 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL349197 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000084258 100 $a20101116d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe muse in Bronzeville$b[electronic resource] $eAfrican American creative expression in Chicago, 1932-1950 /$fRobert Bone and Richard A. Courage ; foreword by Amritjit Singh 210 $aNew Brunswick, N.J. $cRutgers University Press$dc2011 215 $a1 online resource (326 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8135-5043-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aPt. 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. 330 $aThe 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, enhanced 606 $aAfrican Americans$xIntellectual life$y20th century 606 $aAfrican Americans$zIllinois$zChicago$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aAmerican literature$zIllinois$zChicago$xHistory and criticism 607 $aChicago (Ill.)$xIntellectual life$y20th century 615 0$aAfrican Americans$xIntellectual life 615 0$aAfrican Americans$xHistory 615 0$aAmerican literature$xHistory and criticism. 676 $a810.9/977311 700 $aBone$b Robert$f1924-2007.$01510206 701 $aCourage$b Richard A.$f1946-$01549926 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910778929303321 996 $aThe muse in Bronzeville$93808359 997 $aUNINA