Sounding real [[electronic resource] ] : musicality and American fiction at the turn of the twentieth century / / Cristina L. Ruotolo

• Autore: Ruotolo Cristina L. <1963->
• Pubblicazione: Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, 2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (183 p.)
• Disciplina: 813/.5093578
• Soggetto topico: American fiction - 20th century - History and criticism; Music and literature - United States - History - 20th century; Music in literature; Musicians in literature
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction -- Not just looking: Sister Carrie's musical economy -- Listening to women playing Chopin -- Opera's "impossible country": figuring the American diva -- James Weldon Johnson's ex-colored musician -- Fictions of the American music critic -- Epilogue.
• Sommario/riassunto: Examining American realist fiction as it was informed and shaped by the music of the period, Sounding Real sheds new light on the profound musical and cultural change at the turn of the twentieth century. Sounding Real by Cristina L. Ruotolo examines landmark changes in American musical standards and tastes in the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries and the way they are reflected in American literature of the period. Whereas other interdisciplinary approaches to music and literature often focus on more recent popular music and black music tha
• Titolo autorizzato: Sounding real
• ISBN: 0-8173-8676-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910788323503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Amer Lit Realism & Naturalism