Improvisation and the Making of American Literary Modernism [[electronic resource]]

• Autore: Wallace Rob
• Pubblicazione: London, : Continuum International Publishing, 2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (210 p.)
• Disciplina: 810.9112
• Soggetto topico: American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism; American poetry - History and criticism - 20th century - United States; Modernism (Literature); English; Languages & Literatures; American Literature
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: 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; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Improvisation, 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 hi
• Titolo autorizzato: Improvisation and the Making of American Literary Modernism
• ISBN: 1-282-94789-3; 9786612947896; 1-4411-2289-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910785698303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II