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The Blues Muse: Race, Gender, and Musical Celebrity in American Poetry
Emily Ruth Rutter
The Blues Muse: Race, Gender, and Musical Celebrity in American Poetry
Emily Ruth Rutter
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.
228 pages
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | June 30, 2020 |
ISBN13 | 9780817359942 |
Publishers | The University of Alabama Press |
Pages | 228 |
Dimensions | 229 × 153 × 21 mm · 356 g |
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