Research Catalog

Title

Black children's literature got de blues : the creativity of Black writers & illustrators / Nancy D. Tolson.

Author

Tolson, Nancy

Publication

New York : Peter Lang, c2008.

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Details

Description

xi, 116 p. : ill.; 23 cm.

Summary

• "Here is an exploration of the blues aesthetic that reflects the literary work created by Black authors and illustrators for the Black child reader. This book examines literature written for Black children, using critical and creative writings - by artists, scholars, and critics - that define the blues within Black "adult" literature, poetry, and the visual arts. The book identifies Black children's literature published in the past forty years by authors and illustrators who can be classified as blues artists, and whose work reflects social, political, economical, and historical developments of the Black experience throughout the United States.
• Referencing work created by Jacqueline Woodson, Walter Dean Myers, John Steptoe, Tom Feelings, Sherley Anne Williams, and others, this book demonstrates how the blues aesthetic now includes the literature dedicated to Black children."--Jacket.

Series Statement

African American literature and culture : expanding and exploding the boundaries, 1528-3887 ; v. 11

Uniform Title

African-American literature and culture v. 11.

Subject

• Geschichte 1930-2004
• American literature > History and criticism
• Children's literature, American > History and criticism
• Children's literature, American > Illustrations
• African American authors > Aesthetics
• African American illustrators > Aesthetics
• African Americans > Race identity
• Melancholy in literature
• Sadness in literature
• African American children in literature
• African Americans in literature

Genre/Form

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [103]-112) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction : the blues understood -- Youthful blues -- A blues collection -- Children at the junction -- Blues poetry -- A blues ending.

ISBN

9780820463322 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2007051202

OCLC

• 183928722
• SCSB-12768697

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library