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Blues and evil
Recensione dell'utente - Not Available - Book VerdictEver since the 1930s, when Robert Johnson came to epitomize the hard-drinking, salacious blues singer who sold his soul to the devil for prowess on the guitar, blues music has been associated with ... Leggi recensione completa
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The Mythologies of the Blues | 1 |
The Theologies of the Blues | 35 |
The Theodicies of the Blues | 68 |
Conclusion | 99 |
Notes | 139 |
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| Titolo | Blues and Evil Blues and Evil, Jon Michael Spencer |
| Autore | Jon Michael Spencer |
| Edizione | illustrata, ristampa |
| Editore | Univ. of Tennessee Press, 1993 |
| ISBN | 0870497839, 9780870497834 |
| Lunghezza | 177 pagine |
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