Emancipating pragmatism [[electronic resource] ] : Emerson, jazz, and experimental writing / / Michael Magee

• Autore: Magee Michael <1971->
• Pubblicazione: Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (263 p.)
• Disciplina: 814/.3
• Soggetto topico: Literature, Experimental - History and criticism; Jazz - History and criticism; Pragmatism in literature; Music and literature; Race in literature; Poetics
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-234) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; 1. Toward a Theory of Democratic Symbolic Action; 2. The Motives of Emancipated Prose: Emerson and the Collaborating Reader; 3. Ralph Waldo's Blues, Take 2: Ellison's Changes; 4. Tribes of New York: Frank O'Hara, Amiri Baraka, and the Poetics of the Five Spot; Epilogue; Notes; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: A daring and innovative study that rewrites the story of American pragmatism. Emancipating Pragmatism is a radical rereading of Emerson that posits African- American culture, literature, and jazz as the very continuation and embodiment of pragmatic thought and democratic tradition. It traces Emerson's philosophical legacy through the 19th and 20th centuries to discover how Emersonian thought continues to inform issues of race, aesthetics, and poetic discourse. Emerson's pragmatism derives from his abolitionism, Michael Magee argues, and a
• Titolo autorizzato: Emancipating pragmatism
• ISBN: 0-8173-8204-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910823660703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Modern and contemporary poetics.