Rebellious Enthusiasm, Ambivalent Forms: On Freedom and Bondage in Tyehimba Jess’s Olio

This article considers Tyehimba Jess’s representation of the lives of several historical African American musicians from the post-emancipation period in his 2016 collection Olio. Reading Olio in the context of African American musical traditions, it considers how Jess’s syncopated sonnet forms appro...

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Main Author: Molly McCracken
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: European Association for American Studies 2024-06-01
Series:European Journal of American Studies
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/ejas/22155
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