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Folklore and Literature: Houston A. Baker, Jr.

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Evan-Moor Publishing
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SOURCE: "Black Folklore and the Black American Literary Tradition," in Long Black Song: Essays in Black American Literature and Culture, The University Press of Virginia, 1972, pp. 18-41.

In the following excerpt, Baker identifies varieties of typology in African-American folklore by examining an array of literary forms ranging from sermons to blues songs.

This is a free excerpt of 52 words. There are 8,810 words (approx. 29 pages at 300 words per page) in the full critical essay.

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