In this visionary book, Murray takes an audacious new look at black music and, in the process, succeeds in changing the way one reads literature. Murray's subject is the previously unacknowledged kinship between fiction and the blues. Both, he argues, are virtuoso performances that impart information, wisdom, and moral guidance to their audiences; both place a high value on improvisation; and both fiction and the blues create a delicate balance between the holy and the obscene, essential human values and cosmic absurdity. ...
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In this visionary book, Murray takes an audacious new look at black music and, in the process, succeeds in changing the way one reads literature. Murray's subject is the previously unacknowledged kinship between fiction and the blues. Both, he argues, are virtuoso performances that impart information, wisdom, and moral guidance to their audiences; both place a high value on improvisation; and both fiction and the blues create a delicate balance between the holy and the obscene, essential human values and cosmic absurdity. Encompassing artists from Ernest Hemingway to Duke Ellington, and from Thomas Mann to Richard Wright , The Hero and the Blues pays homage to a new black aesthetic.
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Add this copy of The Hero and the Blues to cart. $9.22, very good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Reno rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Reno, NV, UNITED STATES, published 1996 by Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group.
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Good in good dust jacket. Highlighting/underlining. light highlighting throughout-all text is easily readable; slight damage and discoloration to dust jacket; gift inscription from prior owner inside front cover. 107 p. Paul Anthony Buck [I.E. Brick] Lectures. Audience: General/trade.
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Good in Good jacket. The jacket is smudged and shelf worn, but none affecting legibility. The bottom edge of the jackets spine is slightly chipped along with the back cover flap having a closed tear. The cover is in good condition with no visible flaws apart from some light handling wear. The top edge and fore edge of the text block is foxed, visible on some page margins. Binding is tight. The half-title page has an ink signature from the previous owner, otherwise all other pages are clear and bright.
Add this copy of Hero and the Blues the Paul Anthony Brick Lectures to cart. $82.00, very good condition, Sold by Dan Glaeser Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Modesto, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1973 by University of Missouri Press.
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Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 0826201474. Text is clean. Light foxing to endpapers and outer text edge. Cover shows minimal wear. Dust jacket shows light edgewear, sticker shadow on front panel. NAP. Previous owner name on front free endpaper.; 107 pages.
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Near Fine. Near fine in a Vg. + or better dj. (Light foxing to edges. Dj. lightly shelfsoiled. Sticker impression on front cover. Small stain on front cover) Author's third book.
Add this copy of The Hero and the Blues to cart. $28.00, Sold by Second Life Books Inc. rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Lanesborough, MA, UNITED STATES, published 1973 by University of Missouri.
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8vo, pp. 107. Gray cloth. [The Paul Anthony Brick lectures, 9th series. ] Remainder mark on top edges, o/w a nice copy in little chipped and soiled dj.
Add this copy of The Hero and the Blues to cart. $36.33, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1996 by Knopf Doubleday Publishing Gro.
