Albert Murray and the Aesthetic Imagination of a Nation

Albert Murray and the Aesthetic Imagination of a Nation
Author :
Publisher : University of Alabama Press
Total Pages : 264
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780817355937
ISBN-13 : 0817355936
Rating : 4/5 (37 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Albert Murray and the Aesthetic Imagination of a Nation by : Barbara A. Baker

Download or read book Albert Murray and the Aesthetic Imagination of a Nation written by Barbara A. Baker and published by University of Alabama Press. This book was released on 2010-06-29 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first book-length study of the writings, work, and life of Renaissance man and Alabama native Albert Murray. The collection consists of essays and interviews written by prominent scholars of African American literature, jazz, and Albert Murray that illustrate Murray's place as a central figure in African American arts and letters and as an American cultural pioneer. Book jacket.


Albert Murray and the Aesthetic Imagination of a Nation Related Books

Albert Murray and the Aesthetic Imagination of a Nation
Language: en
Pages: 264
Authors: Barbara A. Baker
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-06-29 - Publisher: University of Alabama Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This is the first book-length study of the writings, work, and life of Renaissance man and Alabama native Albert Murray. The collection consists of essays and i
White Flights
Language: en
Pages: 320
Authors: Jess Row
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-08-06 - Publisher: Graywolf Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

A bold, incisive look at race and reparative writing in American fiction, by the author of Your Face in Mine White Flights is a meditation on whiteness in Ameri
Futures of Comparative Literature
Language: en
Pages: 370
Authors: Ursula K Heise
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-03-27 - Publisher: Routledge

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Futures of Comparative Literature is a cutting edge report on the state of the discipline in Comparative Literature. Offering a broad spectrum of viewpoints fro
Ralph Ellison in Context
Language: en
Pages: 751
Authors: Paul Devlin
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-12-02 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man is the second-most assigned American novel since 1945 and is one of the most enduring. It is studied by many thousands of high sch
Ain't But a Few of Us
Language: en
Pages: 179
Authors: Willard Jenkins
Categories: Music
Type: BOOK - Published: 2022-10-28 - Publisher: Duke University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Despite the fact that most of jazz’s major innovators and performers have been African American, the overwhelming majority of jazz journalists, critics, and a