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Black resonance :

by Lordi, Emily J., Series: American Literatures Initiative Physical details: 1 online resource (303 pages) : illustrations. ISBN:9780813562513 (e-book).
Subject(s): American fiction -- African American authors -- History and criticism. | African American women singers in literature. | African American women in literature. | Music in literature. | Electronic books.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Black resonance -- Vivid lyricism: Richard Wright and Bessie Smith's blues -- The timbre of sincerity: Mahalia Jackson's gospel sound and Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man -- Understatement: James Baldwin, Bessie Smith, and Billie Holiday -- Haunting: Gayl Jones's Corregidora and Billie Holiday's "strange Fruit" -- Signature voices: Nikki Giovanni, Aretha Franklin, and the Black Arts movement -- Epilogue: "At Last": Etta James, poetry, hip hop.

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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

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