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The Blues Muse: Race, Gender, and Musical Celebrity in American Poetry Emily Ruth Rutter
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The Blues Muse: Race, Gender, and Musical Celebrity in American Poetry
Emily Ruth Rutter
A critical analysis of the poetic representations and legacies of five landmark blue artists. The Blues Muse focuses on 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.
248 pages
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | October 30, 2018 |
| ISBN13 | 9780817319946 |
| Publishers | The University of Alabama Press |
| Pages | 248 |
| Dimensions | 152 × 228 × 27 mm · 493 g |
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