Blues muse, the: race, gender, and musical celebrity in american poetry
Auteur :
Rutter, Emily Ruth
Éditeur :
The University of Alabama Press
ISBN :
9780817359942
Date de publication :
2 juin 2020
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 2,8 cm
Poids :
355 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Focuses on five key blues musicians and singers - Gertrude "Ma" Rainey, Bessie Smith, Billie Holiday, Robert Johnson, and Lead Belly - and traces the ways in which these artists and their personas have been invoked and developed throughout American poetry.