Steven C Tracy

Biographic Data

ID177859
NAMESteven C Tracy
GIVEN NAMESSteven C
FAMILY NAMETracy
SIGNATURETRACY S C
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Cincinnati
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS26
TOTAL CITATIONS1
AUTHOR COUNT24
EDITOR COUNT2
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1981
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX1

  • Sterling Brown’s Blues Poems of the 1930s

    Steven C TracyARTICLEThe Langston Hughes Review2025

    This article is a section from a Manuscript in Progress, and argues that poet and critic Sterling A. Brown personified an erudite intellectualism of the first order. The discussion begins with a brief commentary on his father, Sterling Nelson Brown, a professor of theology at Howard University, suggesting that the younger Brown elaborated on his father’s example. However, Sterling A. Brown was a contrarian because he studied blues which was large…

  • Dark, and Dear, and Passionate Desire: Before and After the Feast at Shushan

    Steven C TracyARTICLEThe Langston Hughes Review2023

    This article is a comparative close reading of two poems, one from the nineteenth century by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, the other a dramatic monologue from the twentieth century by Anne Spencer. The poems both deal with the abuse of patriarchal power in the story of Queen Vashti, contextualizing the story in both centuries, showing how, with masks firmly in place, women writers delivered powerful messages of protest to the male communities usi…

  • After Winter: The Art and Life of Sterling A. Brown

    John Edgar Tidwell, Steven C TracyBOOKAfter winter2009

    John Edgar Tidwell and Steven C. Tracy have brought together for the first time a book-length collection of critical and theoretical writings about Sterling A. Brown that recovers and reasserts his continuing importance for a contemporary audience. Exploring new directions in the study of Brown's life and work, After Winter is structured around the following three features: (1) new and previously published essays that sum up contemporary approach…

  • After winter: Essays on the art and life of Sterling A. Brown

    John Edgar Tidwell, Steven C TracyBOOKAfter winter2008

  • A Historical Guide to Ralph Ellison

    Steven C TracyBOOKA historical guide to Ralph Ellison2004

    Ralph Ellison has been a controversial figure, both lionized and vilified, since he seemed to burst onto the national literary scene in 1952 with the publication of Invisible Man. In this volume Steven C. Tracy has gathered a broad range of critics who look not only at Ellison’s seminal novel but also at the fiction and nonfiction work that both preceded and followed it, focusing on important historical and cultural influences that help contextua…

  • The Cambridge Companion to the African American Novel

    Open AccessChristopher Mulvey, M Giulia Fabi et al.BOOKThe Cambridge companion to the…2004

    The Cambridge Companion to the African American Novel presents new essays covering the one hundred and fifty year history of the African American novel. Experts in the field from the US and Europe address some of the major issues in the genre: passing, the Protest novel, the Blues novel, and womanism among others. The essays are full of fresh insights for students into the symbolic, aesthetic, and political function of canonical and non-canonical…

  • Write Me a Few of Your Lines: A Blues Reader

    Peter R Aschoff, Steven C TracyARTICLEAfrican American Review2001

    A selection of writings, published between 1911 and 1998, on the subject of blues music. Included are contributions by folklorists, anthropologists, sociologists, literary artists, musicians, critics and aficionados. The appeal of blues music is reflected in the range of contributors to the volume, among them Howard W. Odum, Alan Lomax, Richard Alan Waterman, Langston Hughes, Paul Oliver, Sam Charters, Janheinz Jahn, James Baldwin, Leroi Jones, C…

  • A Blues Life

    Stuart L Goosman, Henry Townsend et al.ARTICLEEthnomusicology2001

  • Going to Cincinnati: A History of the Blues in the Queen City

    Peter R Aschoff, Steven C TracyARTICLEAmerican Music1995

  • The Myth of Aunt Jemima: Representations of Race and Region

    Steven C Tracy, Diane RobertsARTICLEAmerican Literature1995

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  • Going to Cincinnati: A History of the Blues in the Queen City

    Thomas E Barden, Steven C TracyARTICLEJournal of American Folklore1995

  • From Blues to Bop

    Steven C Tracy, Richard N AlbertARTICLEMELUS Multi-Ethnic Literature of…1994

    From Blues to Bop. Ed. Richard N. Albert. Baton Rouge and London: Louisiana State University Press, 1990. 295 pages. $24.95. Get access From Blues to Bop. Ed. Richard N. Albert. Baton Rouge and London: Louisiana State University Press, 1990. 295 pages. $24.95. Steven C. Tracy Steven C. Tracy Cincinnati, Ohio Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar MELUS, Volume 19, Issue 3, September 1994, Pages 133–135, https://d…

  • Langston Hughes and the Blues

    George P Cunningham, Steven C TracyARTICLEMELUS Multi-Ethnic Literature of…1989

    Journal Article Langston Hughes and the Blues. Steven C. Tracy. Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1988. xiii + 305 pages. $24.95. Get access Langston Hughes and the Blues. Steven C. Tracy. Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1988. xiii + 135 pages. $24.95. George P. Cunningham George P. Cunningham Brooklyn College Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar MELUS, Volume 16, Issue 1, Spri…

  • Langston Hughes and the Blues

    John Mccluskey, Steven C TracyARTICLEAmerican Literature1989

  • The Devil's Son-in-Law and Invisible Man

    Steven C TracyARTICLEMELUS Multi-Ethnic Literature of…1988

    The Devil’s Son-in-Law and Invisible Man Steven C. Tracy Steven C. Tracy Cincinnati, Ohio Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar MELUS, Volume 15, Issue 3, September 1988, Pages 47–64, https://doi.org/10.2307/467502 Published: 01 September 1988

  • A Reconsideration: Hearing Ma Rainey

    Steven C TracyARTICLEMELUS Multi-Ethnic Literature of…1987

    Journal Article A Reconsideration: Hearing Ma Rainey Get access Steven C. Tracy Steven C. Tracy University of Cincinnati Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar MELUS, Volume 14, Issue 1, March 1987, Pages 85–90, https://doi.org/10.2307/467475 Published: 01 March 1987

  • Saving the Day: The Recordings of the Reverend Sutton E. Griggs

    Steven C TracyARTICLEPhylon (19601986

  • Artistic Genius and Relative Neglect

    Steven C Tracy, Joanne V GabbinARTICLECallaloo1986

  • Blues, Ideology, and Afro-American Literature

    Steven C Tracy, Houston A BakerARTICLEMELUS Multi-Ethnic Literature of…1985

  • Songsters and Saints; Vocal Traditions on Race Records

    Steven C Tracy, Paul OliverARTICLEMELUS Multi-Ethnic Literature of…1985

    Journal Article Songsters and Saints; Vocal Tradition on Race Records. Paul Oliver. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1984. Get access Songsters and Saints; Vocal Tradition on Race Records. Paul Oliver. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1984. Steven C. Tracy Steven C. Tracy University of Cincinnati Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar MELUS, Volume 12, Issue 2, June 1985, Pages 93–97, https://doi.org/…

  • A Melus Interview: Etheridge Knight

    Steven C Tracy, Etheridge KnightARTICLEMELUS Multi-Ethnic Literature of…1985

    On the night of his poetry reading at the University of Cincinnati, Etheridge Knight sat in a restaurant with three members of the English department, discussing in his soft-spoken way the common interests of the group. Although he seemed quite relaxed in his speech, at one point, he wondered aloud how many people would be at the reading, and he later confessed that he sometimes vomits before his readings. Knight ducked quickly into the bathroom …

  • A Melus Interview: Big Joe Duskin

    Steven C Tracy, Big Joe DuskinARTICLEMELUS Multi-Ethnic Literature of…1983

    Journal Article A MELUS Interview: Big Joe Duskin Get access Steven C. Tracy Steven C. Tracy University of Cincinnati Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar MELUS, Volume 10, Issue 1, March 1983, Pages 65–88, https://doi.org/10.2307/467488 Published: 01 March 1983

  • The Blues in Future American Literary Histories and Anthologies

    Steven C TracyARTICLEMELUS Multi-Ethnic Literature of…1983

    Journal Article The Blues in Future American Literary Histories and Anthologies Get access Steven C. Tracy Steven C. Tracy University of Cincinnati Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar MELUS, Volume 10, Issue 1, March 1983, Pages 15–28, https://doi.org/10.2307/467485 Published: 01 March 1983

  • Downhome Blues Lyrics: An Anthology from the Post World-War II Era

    Steven C Tracy, Jeff Titon et al.ARTICLEMELUS Multi-Ethnic Literature of…1983

    Tracy Steven C.; Downhome Blues Lyrics: An Anthology From the Post World-War II Era. Ed. Jeff Titon. Boston; Mass: Twayne Publishers, 1981., MELUS, Volume

  • New Music. New Poetry

    Steven C Tracy, Steven Tracy et al.ARTICLEMELUS Multi-Ethnic Literature of…1982