02967nam 22006373u 450 991046029650332120210108145953.01-282-94789-397866129478961-4411-2289-3(CKB)2670000000067168(EBL)634573(OCoLC)699475273(SSID)ssj0000438047(PQKBManifestationID)12210455(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000438047(PQKBWorkID)10448210(PQKB)11256660(MiAaPQ)EBC634573(EXLCZ)99267000000006716820130418d2010|||| u|| |engur|n|---|||||txtccrImprovisation and the Making of American Literary Modernism[electronic resource]London Continuum International Publishing20101 online resource (210 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4411-1375-4 1-4411-6946-6 Contents; Acknowledgments; INTRODUCTION: WRITING IMPROVISATION INTO MODERNISM; CHAPTER 1 EZRA POUND: MUSIC, HISTORY, TIME; CHAPTER 2 LANGSTON HUGHES: "HOW TO TAKE THE IMPOSSIBLE AND MAKE IT DANCE"; CHAPTER 3 LISTENING TO GERTRUDE STEIN'S SAXOPHONE; CHAPTER 4 BANJOS, BLACKBIRDS, AND BLUE GUITARS: THE SOUNDWORLD OF WALLACE STEVENS; CONCLUSION; Notes; Bibliography; IndexImprovisation, despite its almost ubiquitous presence in many art forms, is notoriously misunderstood and mysterious. Although earlier strands of American philosophy and art emphasized what might be called improvisational practices, it was during the modernist period that improvisational practice and theory began to make a significant impact on art and culture, specifically via the African American musical forms of jazz and blues. This musical development held important consequences for the larger artistic, cultural, and political life of America as a wholeGÇöand, eventually, the world. The hiAmerican literature -- 20th century -- History and criticismAmerican poetryHistory and criticism20th centuryUnited StatesModernism (Literature)EnglishHILCCLanguages & LiteraturesHILCCAmerican LiteratureHILCCElectronic books.American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism.American poetryHistory and criticismModernism (Literature)EnglishLanguages & LiteraturesAmerican Literature810.9112Wallace Rob984710AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910460296503321Improvisation and the Making of American Literary Modernism2250172UNINA