Folklore and ideology -- The Emerson-Whitman tradition: Emerson -- The Emerson-Whitman tradition: Whitman -- Folklore and the American character -- The sources of American folksong -- The blues as a literary theme -- Epilogue: The poetry of rock -folk tradition and the individual talent -- Appendix: The five-string banjo -America's folk instrument
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