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- Title
Death, Transcendence, and the Blues in "RL's Dream."
- Authors
Scheiber, Andrew
- Abstract
Welcomes the developing trend of the theory of "blue aesthetics" in recent years that extends beyond a mere musicological definition of the particular art form of the blues as it originated in the Delta region of the southern United States. Outlines the "multiplex" nature of this script as reflected in the term "blues" itself; Emphasizes the sense to consider "the blues" as a cultural praxis; Reflects on Walter Mosley's novel "RL's Dream," although the events and characters dominating Mosley's narrative invite a focus on the specific musical form of the blues; Relates to the novel as an aesthetic and philosophical response to historical and personal vicissitude ultimately taking the form of an ecstatic thanatopsis, a meditation on the "natural facts" of the mortal body whose medium ultimately is not words but music.
- Subjects
DELTA (Miss. : Region); RL'S Dream (Book); BLUES music; MUSICAL form; AESTHETICS; PRAXIS (Process); CULTURE; MOSLEY, Walter, 1952-; UNITED States music
- Publication
Arkansas Review: A Journal of Delta Studies, 2004, Vol 35, Issue 1, p15
- ISSN
1075-4008
- Publication type
Article