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Author:   Steven C. Tracy (Professor of Afro-American Studies, Professor of Afro-American Studies, University of Massachusetts, Amherst) ,  Roark Bradford
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 22.60cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 15.00cm
Weight:   0.340kg
ISBN:  

9780199766505

ISBN 10:   0199766509
Pages:   220
Publication Date:   28 July 2011
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

"Introduction Bibliography for introduction Discography of recordings echoing the folk tradition in the novel Transcriptions of versions of the folk songs John Henry folk song bibliography John Henry bibliography, 1932-Present John Henry folk song discography, 1921-1931 Roark Bradford Bibliography Reviews of the novel Reviews of the play Roark Bradford Chronology John Henry: the novel I. The Birth of John Henry II. Coonjine III. The Black River Country Bend Your Back and Sing Roll, You Wheelers VI. Back of Town VII. Julie Anne VIII. Fourteen-Thirty-Six IX. Woman on My Weary Mind X. Poor Selma XI. Stacker Lee XII. The Poor Selma ""Gris Gris"" XIII. Man's Ever Burden XIV. Hand in Hand XV. Shoulder Your Load and Walk John Henry's Pathway XVI. John Henry's Pathway XVII. Ring, Steel, Ring XVIII. Down the Road XIX. The Way with Women XX. Doing for His Woman XXI. The How Long Song XXII. No Rest for the Weary Burden XXIII. Lord, My Burden XXIV. John Henry Lays His Burden Down XXV. John Henry's Last Go Round John Henry: A Play Act One, Scene One Act One, Scene Two Act One, Scene Three Act Two, Scene One Act Two, Scene Two Act Three, Scene One Act Three, Scene Two"

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No writer shaped the popular reception of the John Henry legend more than white novelist and playwright Roark Bradford, the man who put Paul Robeson on the New York stage to create a national icon. Tracy's introduction shows us the complexity of Bradford's sentimental appreciation of African-American folklore, and his appropriation of black voices in making a literary voice of his own. Bradford's combination of love and theft turned black folklore into modern American music and literature. Scott Reynolds Nelson, author of Steel Drivin' Man: John Henry: the Untold Story of an American Legend

No writer shaped the popular reception of the John Henry legend more than white novelist and playwright Roark Bradford, the man who put Paul Robeson on the New York stage to create a national icon. Tracy's introduction shows us the complexity of Bradford's sentimental appreciation of African-American folklore, and his appropriation of black voices in making a literary voice of his own. Bradford's combination of love and theft turned black folklore into modern American music and literature. -Scott Reynolds Nelson, author of Steel Drivin' Man: John Henry: the Untold Story of an American Legend

Author Information

Steven C. Tracy is Professor of Afro-American Studies at University of Massachusetts at Amherst and editor of A Historical Guide to Ralph Ellison and A Historical Guide to Langston Hughes (OUP 2003 and 2004).

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