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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European Association for American Studies
2024-06-01
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Series: | European Journal of American Studies |
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Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/ejas/22155 |
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