“Befo’ de Wah”: Sounding Out Ill-Legibility in Charles W. Chesnutt’s <i>Conjure Stories</i>

In 1969, blues guitarist Earl Hooker released <i>Two Bugs and a Roach</i>, solidifying him as a pioneer of the wah-wah technique. Before the wah-wah pedal, however, there was Charles W. Chesnutt’s <i>Conjure Stories</i>, a collection of frame narratives that recollect plantat...

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Main Author: Cameron MacDonald
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-10-01
Series:Humanities
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0787/11/6/137