LEADER 02934nam 22006253u 450 001 9910785698303321 005 20230725030537.0 010 $a1-282-94789-3 010 $a9786612947896 010 $a1-4411-2289-3 035 $a(CKB)2670000000067168 035 $a(EBL)634573 035 $a(OCoLC)699475273 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000438047 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12210455 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000438047 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10448210 035 $a(PQKB)11256660 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC634573 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000067168 100 $a20130418d2010|||| u|| | 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aImprovisation and the Making of American Literary Modernism$b[electronic resource] 210 $aLondon $cContinuum International Publishing$d2010 215 $a1 online resource (210 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4411-1375-4 311 $a1-4411-6946-6 327 $aContents; 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; Index 330 $aImprovisation, 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 wholeGC?o?and, eventually, the world. The hi 606 $aAmerican literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism 606 $aAmerican poetry$xHistory and criticism$y20th century$zUnited States 606 $aModernism (Literature) 606 $aEnglish$2HILCC 606 $aLanguages & Literatures$2HILCC 606 $aAmerican Literature$2HILCC 615 4$aAmerican literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism. 615 0$aAmerican poetry$xHistory and criticism 615 0$aModernism (Literature) 615 7$aEnglish 615 7$aLanguages & Literatures 615 7$aAmerican Literature 676 $a810.9112 700 $aWallace$b Rob$01521752 801 0$bAU-PeEL 801 1$bAU-PeEL 801 2$bAU-PeEL 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910785698303321 996 $aImprovisation and the Making of American Literary Modernism$93761122 997 $aUNINA