Black Resonance analyzes writings by Richard Wright, Ralph Ellison, James Baldwin, Gayl Jones, and Nikki Giovanni that engage such iconic singers as Bessie Smith, Billie Holiday, Mahalia Jackson, and Aretha Franklin. The book focuses on two generations of artists from the 1920s to the 1970s; each chapter pairs one writer with one singer to crystallize the artistic practice they share: lyricism, sincerity, understatement, haunting, and the creation of a signature voice.
Black Resonance analyzes writings by Richard Wright, Ralph Ellison, James Baldwin, Gayl Jones, and Nikki Giovanni that engage such iconic singers as Bessie Smith, Billie Holiday, Mahalia Jackson, and Aretha Franklin. The book focuses on two generations of artists from the 1920s to the 1970s; each chapter pairs one writer with one singer to crystallize the artistic practice they share: lyricism, sincerity, understatement, haunting, and the creation of a signature voice.
EMILY J. LORDI is an assistant professor of English at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
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Acknowledgments Introduction: Black Resonance 1. Vivid Lyricism: Richard Wright and Bessie Smith's Blues 2. The Timbre of Sincerity: Mahalia Jackson's Gospel Sound and Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man 3. Understatement: James Baldwin, Bessie Smith, and Billie Holiday 4. Haunting: Gayl Jones's Corregidora and Billie Holiday's "Strange Fruit" 5. Signature Voices: Nikki Giovanni, Aretha Franklin, and the Black Arts Movement Epilogue: "At Last": Etta James, Poetry, Hip Hop Notes Index
Acknowledgments Introduction: Black Resonance 1. Vivid Lyricism: Richard Wright and Bessie Smith's Blues 2. The Timbre of Sincerity: Mahalia Jackson's Gospel Sound and Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man 3. Understatement: James Baldwin, Bessie Smith, and Billie Holiday 4. Haunting: Gayl Jones's Corregidora and Billie Holiday's "Strange Fruit" 5. Signature Voices: Nikki Giovanni, Aretha Franklin, and the Black Arts Movement Epilogue: "At Last": Etta James, Poetry, Hip Hop Notes Index
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