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Record Nr.

UNINA9910777442803321

Autore

Porter Horace A. <1950->

Titolo

Jazz country [[electronic resource] ] : Ralph Ellison in America / / Horace A. Porter

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Iowa City, : University of Iowa Press, c2001

ISBN

1-58729-405-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (185 p.)

Disciplina

818.5409

818/.5409

Soggetti

Jazz in literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [149]-158) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Acknowledgments; Chronology: Ralph Ellison, 1914-1994; Jazz States: Ralph Waldo Ellison's Major Chords; 1 Jazz Essays; 2 Jazz Icons; 3 Jazz Trio; 4 Jazz Underground; 5 Jazz in Progress; 6 Jazz Preaching; 7 Jazz Trumpet No End; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The first book to reassess Ralph Ellison after his death and the posthumous publication of Juneteenth, his second novel, Jazz Country: Ralph Ellison in America explores Ellison's writings and views on American culture through the lens of jazz music.