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

by Cheryl A. Wall

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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"

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