Title

The blue devils of Nada : a contemporary American approach to aesthetic statement

Description

An exploration of the blues aesthetic in writing, music, and art, as "stylized expressions of transcendence through sheer style, always informed by an awareness of the vicissitudes of life."

Identifier

563727

679442138

Creator

Murray, Albert

Format

1st ed.

Source

Brian Lamb Booknotes Collection

Gift of Brian Lamb, 2011.

Catalog record

Language

eng

Date

1996

Program air date: June 16, 1996

Publisher

Pantheon Books

George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections & Archives

Text

Transcription of Annotations
Notes on front endpaper: Andre Malraux. Underlinings/Notes: Underlinings: American literature/writers, southern roots, Duke Ellington biography strong. Biographies/autobiographies of US blacks seem to promote political program. Lamb underlines information on other biographies and Murray's reaction to them. Somerset Maugham on autobiography, black experience, Ralph Bunche, political significance/details, Hemingway. Notes: Angry," "Sony tape, 6 years," "Mister Bateman," "Rousseau, Franklin, Douglass, Adams," "bored," "Louis Armstrong," "all politics," "Malraux," "RWE v. Louis Armstrong."

Subject

"African American arts."

"African American artists--Psychology."

"Blues (Music)--Influence."

Relation

Original Booknotes interview

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