Spiritual, blues, and jazz people in African American fiction

By A. Yemisi Jimoh

Subjects: Musical fiction, American fiction, Jazz in literature, Intellectual life, Jazz musicians in literature, Music and literature, American fiction, african american authors, history and criticism, African Americans, African americans in literature, African Americans in literature, African American authors, Spirituals (Songs) in literature, Music in literature, African American musicians in literature, History and criticism, Blues (Music) in literature

Description: "In this book, A. Yemisi Jimoh demonstrates the critical influence of music on the fiction of various twentieth-century African American writers. Exploring novels and short stories by Toni Morrison, John Edgar Wideman, Zora Neale Hurston, James Baldwin, Ralph Ellison, and others, Jimoh shows how black musical traditions - specifically Spirituals, Blues, and Jazz - are used to shape characterizations and thematic content and to evince ideas, emotions, and experiences."--BOOK JACKET.