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Steven C. Tracy
Researcher at University of Cincinnati
Publications - 14
Citations - 210
Steven C. Tracy is an academic researcher from University of Cincinnati. The author has contributed to research in topics: Blues & Poetry. The author has an hindex of 6, co-authored 12 publications receiving 202 citations.
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Write me a few of your lines : a blues reader
TL;DR: In this article, a selection of essays published between 1911 and 1998 on the subject of blues music are presented, including contributions by folklorists, anthropologists, sociologists, literary artists, musicians, critics and aficionados.
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A historical guide to Ralph Ellison
TL;DR: In this article, a broad range of critics who look not only at Ellison's seminal novel but also at the fiction and nonfiction work that both preceded and followed it, focusing on important historical and cultural influences that help contextualize Ellison's thematic concerns and artistic aesthetic.
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A historical guide to Langston Hughes
TL;DR: This paper explored the ways that Langston Hughes transformed American literature and society through the lenses of creative writers, musicians, social activists and critics, and demonstrated the remarkable triumph of a sensitive, creative human being who refused to be overwhelmed by the forces of discrimination, pessimism and bitterness that claimed so many writers of his generation.
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Langston Hughes & the blues
TL;DR: Tracy as discussed by the authors provides a cultural context for the poet's work and shows how Hughes mined African-American oral and literary traditions to create his blues-inspired poetry, and demonstrates how the poetics, structures, rhythms, and musical techniques of the blues are reflected in Hughes's experimental forms.