Worrying the Line: Black Women Writers, Lineage, and Literary Tradition

by Cheryl A. Wall

Book Overview

For blues musicians, "worrying the line" is the technique of breaking up a phrase by changing pitch, adding a shout, or repeating words in order to emphasize, clarify, or subvert a moment in a song. Cheryl A. Wall applies this term to fiction and nonfiction writing by African American women in the twentieth century, demonstrating how these writers bring about similar changes in African American and American literary traditions.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807855863
• ISBN13: 9780807855867
• Release Date: February 2005
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.4"