Liberating voices : oral tradition in African American literature / Gayl Jones.

Author/creator Jones, Gayl
Format Book
Publication InfoCambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, ©1991.
Descriptionviii, 228 pages ; 25 cm
Subjects
American literature--African American authors. --History and criticism.
American literature--20th century. --History and criticism.
Literature and folklore--United States.
African Americans in literature.
Oral tradition--United States.
Folklore in literature.
Music and literature.

Contents From dialect to blues and spirituals : Paul L. Dunbar and Langston Hughes -- Folk speech and character revelation : Sterling Brown's "Uncle Joe" -- Multiple-voiced blues : Sherley A. Williams's "Someone sweet angel chile" -- Jazz modalities : Michael S. Harper's "Uplift from a dark tower" -- Breaking out of the conventions of dialect : Paul L. Dunbar and Zora Neale Hurston -- Blues ballad : Jean Toomer's "Karintha" -- Slang, theme, and structure : Loyle Hairston's "The winds of change" -- Jazz/blues structure in Ann Petry's "Solo on the drums" -- Folktale, character, and resolution : Ralph Ellison's "Flying home" -- The freeing of traditional forms : jazz and Amiri Baraka's "The screamers" -- Dialect and narrative : Zora Neale Hurston's Their eyes were watching God -- Riddle : Ralph Ellison's Invisible man, or "Change the joke and slip the yoke" -- Blues and spirituals : dramatic and lyrical patterns in Alice Walker's The third life of Grange Copeland -- Freeing the voice : Ernest Gaines's The autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman -- Motives of folktale : Toni Morrison's Song of Solomon.
Local noteLittle-284229
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 205-221) and index.
LCCN 90045559
ISBN0674530241 (alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks PS153.B53 J66 1991 ✔ Available Place Hold