Hot Music, Ragmentation, and the Bluing of American Literature /

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Exploring the deep and enduring relationship between music and literature, Hot Music, Ragmentation, and the Bluing of American Literature examines the diverse ways in which African American "hot" music influenced American culture-particularly literature-in early twentieth century America....

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Main Author: Tracy, Steven C. (Steven Carl), 1954-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, 2015.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Music in literature.
Jazz in literature.
Blues (Music) in literature.
American literature > African American authors.
African Americans.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
Musique dans la litterature.
Jazz dans la litterature.
Blues dans la litterature.
Noirs americains > Musique > Influence.
African Americans > Music > Influence.
American literature > African American authors > History and criticism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Exploring the deep and enduring relationship between music and literature, Hot Music, Ragmentation, and the Bluing of American Literature examines the diverse ways in which African American "hot" music influenced American culture-particularly literature-in early twentieth century America. Steven C. Tracy provides a history of the fusion of African and European elements that formed African American "hot" music, and considers how terms like ragtime, jazz, and blues developed their own particular meanings for American music and society. He draws from the fields of literature, literary
Physical Description:1 online resource (555 pages).
ISBN:9780817388133

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