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- Title
"And every day there is music": Folksong Roots and the Highway Chain Gang in "The Ballad of the Sad Café."
- Authors
Barlow, Daniel Patrick
- Abstract
Presents literary criticism of the novella "The Ballad of the Sad Café," by Carson McCullers. The author argues that the work is not simply a ballad, but the song of a chain gang in the work indicates that it should be interpreted in light of the American work song. Also discussed are the utilitarian nature of the work song, themes of liberation and transcendence in the book, and blues culture and history.
- Subjects
BALLAD of the Sad Cafe, The (Book : McCullers); MCCULLERS, Carson, 1917-1967; BALLAD (Literary form); WORK songs; CHAIN gangs in literature; LIBERTY in literature; BLUES music in literature
- Publication
Southern Literary Journal, 2011, Vol 44, Issue 1, p74
- ISSN
0038-4291
- Publication type
Literary Criticism
- DOI
10.1353/slj.2011.0022