The book of Negro folklore / edited by Langston Hughes and Arna Bontemps.

Contributor(s): Series: Apollo editions ; A-228 | Apollo editions ; A-228.Publication details: New York, Dodd, Mead, 1958.Description: 624 pages illustrations 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Book of Negro folklore.DDC classification:
  • 398
LOC classification:
  • GR103 .H74
Other classification:
  • HU 1982
  • LS 21000
  • LIT 443 (70)
Contents:
Animal tales -- Animal rhymes -- Memories of slavery -- Sometimes in the mind -- God, man and the devil -- Do you call that a preacher? -- Ghost stories -- Black magic and chance -- On the levee -- Amen corner -- Spirituals -- Gospel songs -- Pastime rhymes -- Ballads -- Blues -- Work songs -- Street cries -- Playsongs and games -- The jazz folk -- Harlem jive -- The "problem" -- Songs in the folk manner -- Poetry in the folk manner -- Prose in the folk manner.
Summary: Comprehensive collection embracing the whole range of Negro folk expression.
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Animal tales -- Animal rhymes -- Memories of slavery -- Sometimes in the mind -- God, man and the devil -- Do you call that a preacher? -- Ghost stories -- Black magic and chance -- On the levee -- Amen corner -- Spirituals -- Gospel songs -- Pastime rhymes -- Ballads -- Blues -- Work songs -- Street cries -- Playsongs and games -- The jazz folk -- Harlem jive -- The "problem" -- Songs in the folk manner -- Poetry in the folk manner -- Prose in the folk manner.

Comprehensive collection embracing the whole range of Negro folk expression.

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