Playing the Changes: FROM AFRO-MODERNISM TO THE JAZZ IMPULSE

By Craig Werner

Book Overview

Offers sensitive readings of Baldwin, Baraka, Brooks, Morrison, Walker, Wilson, and Wright while emphasizing underrecognized writers such as Ed Bullins, Charles Chesnutt, Samuel Delany, Leon Forrest, Gayl Jones, Adrienne Kennedy, and Melvin B. Tolson.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252066413
• ISBN13: 9780252066412
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 1.0" x 6.3"