James Mellis
Biographic Data
| ID | 1178591 |
|---|---|
| NAME | James Mellis |
| GIVEN NAMES | James |
| FAMILY NAME | Mellis |
| SIGNATURE | MELLIS J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Guttman Community College |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8131-6263 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1990 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Poetic Champions Compose: Van Morrison and the Romantic Tradition
For over sixty years, Northern Irish singer Van Morrison has crafted a musical legacy that is uniquely his own. Through it all, Morrison has engaged with multiple Romantic literary figures – naming them in his lyrics, invoking recurring themes based on Romantic tropes and symbols, particularly those of William Blake, and otherwise positioning himself as part of the Romantic poetic tradition. In addition, Morrison has explored themes from Irish my…
Of Pancake Mix and Wild White Horses: Sterling Brown’s “Ungrateful” Critique of Fannie Hurst’s Imitation of Life
This article explores the exchange of letters exchange between Sterling Brown and Fannie Hurst regarding his review of the film Imitation of Life based on Hurst’s novel that took place in the pages of Opportunity following Brown’s scathing critique of the film. This article posits the argument between the two writers as a microcosm of post–Harlem Renaissance cultural tensions between Black and Jewish cultural leaders, examining the controversy wi…
“Miles Is a Mode; Coltrane Is, Power”: Notes on John Coltrane as Poetic Muse and Michael Harper’s “Alone” in Songlines in Michaeltree (2000)
This article looks at the ways jazz legend John Coltrane was a muse for many Black Arts era poets and proceeds to discuss how Michael Harper rendered Coltrane in his work, focusing on editorial changes between the 1970 and 2000 versions of Michael Harper’s poem, “Alone”. In it, the author argues that the change marks a revision of the centrality of Coltrane as Harper’s muse from his early to later career
Continuing Conjure: African-Based Spiritual Traditions in Colson Whitehead's The Underground Railroad and Jesmyn Ward's Sing, Unburied, Sing
In 2016 and 2017, Colson Whitehead's The Underground Railroad and Jesmyn Ward's Sing, Unburied, Sing both won the National Book Award for fiction, the first time that two African-American writers have won the award in consecutive years. This article argues that both novels invoke African-based spirituality in order to create literary sites of resistance both within the narrative of the respective novels, but also within American culture at large.…
Politics, Society and Government in the German Democratic Republic: Basic Documents
This collection is a most usual reference work containing key documents on the political development of postwar East Germany. No comparable volume of this kind exists and most documents have not been translated before
Continuing Conjure: African-Based Spiritual Traditions in Colson Whitehead's The Underground Railroad and Jesmyn Ward's Sing, Unburied, Sing
In 2016 and 2017, Colson Whitehead's The Underground Railroad and Jesmyn Ward's Sing, Unburied, Sing both won the National Book Award for fiction, the first time that two African-American writers have won the award in consecutive years. This article argues that both novels invoke African-based spirituality in order to create literary sites of resistance both within the narrative of the respective novels, but also within American culture at large.…
Politics, Society and Government in the German Democratic Republic: Basic Documents
This collection is a most usual reference work containing key documents on the political development of postwar East Germany. No comparable volume of this kind exists and most documents have not been translated before
Continuing Conjure: African-Based Spiritual Traditions in Colson Whitehead's The Underground Railroad and Jesmyn Ward's Sing, Unburied, Sing
In 2016 and 2017, Colson Whitehead's The Underground Railroad and Jesmyn Ward's Sing, Unburied, Sing both won the National Book Award for fiction, the first time that two African-American writers have won the award in consecutive years. This article argues that both novels invoke African-based spirituality in order to create literary sites of resistance both within the narrative of the respective novels, but also within American culture at large.…
“Miles Is a Mode; Coltrane Is, Power”: Notes on John Coltrane as Poetic Muse and Michael Harper’s “Alone” in Songlines in Michaeltree (2000)
This article looks at the ways jazz legend John Coltrane was a muse for many Black Arts era poets and proceeds to discuss how Michael Harper rendered Coltrane in his work, focusing on editorial changes between the 1970 and 2000 versions of Michael Harper’s poem, “Alone”. In it, the author argues that the change marks a revision of the centrality of Coltrane as Harper’s muse from his early to later career
Poetic Champions Compose: Van Morrison and the Romantic Tradition
For over sixty years, Northern Irish singer Van Morrison has crafted a musical legacy that is uniquely his own. Through it all, Morrison has engaged with multiple Romantic literary figures – naming them in his lyrics, invoking recurring themes based on Romantic tropes and symbols, particularly those of William Blake, and otherwise positioning himself as part of the Romantic poetic tradition. In addition, Morrison has explored themes from Irish my…
Of Pancake Mix and Wild White Horses: Sterling Brown’s “Ungrateful” Critique of Fannie Hurst’s Imitation of Life
This article explores the exchange of letters exchange between Sterling Brown and Fannie Hurst regarding his review of the film Imitation of Life based on Hurst’s novel that took place in the pages of Opportunity following Brown’s scathing critique of the film. This article posits the argument between the two writers as a microcosm of post–Harlem Renaissance cultural tensions between Black and Jewish cultural leaders, examining the controversy wi…
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