Blues Muse

A critical analysis of the poetic representations and legacies of five landmark blue artists. The Blues Muse focuses on Gertrude "Ma" Rainey, Bessie Smith, Billie Holiday, Robert Johnson, and Lead Belly, and traces the ways in which these artists and their personas have been invoked and developed throughout American poetry.

O analiza critica a reprezentarilor poetice si a mostenirilor a cinci artisti albastri reper. Blues Muse se concentreaza pe Gertrude "Ma" Rainey, Bessie Smith, Billie Holiday, Robert Johnson si Lead Belly si urmareste modurile in care acesti artisti si personajele lor au fost invocati si dezvoltati de-a lungul poeziei americane.