Fascinating rhythm : reading jazz in American writing / David Yaffe.

Av: Språk: Engelska Utgivning: Princeton, N.J. Princeton University Press, cop. 2006Beskrivning: 230 sISBN:
  • 9780691123578
  • 0691123578
Ämne: DDK-klassifikation:
  • 810.9357 22
SAB-klassifikation:
  • Geq.5
  • G.096z Jazz
  • Ijxc
Sammanfattning: How have American writers written about jazz, and how has jazz influenced American literature? David Yaffe explores the relationship and interplay between jazz and literature, looking at jazz musicians and the themes literature has garnered from them by appropriating the style, tones, and innovations of jazz, and demonstrating that the poetics of jazz has both been assimilated into, and deeply affected, the development of twentieth-century American literature
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How have American writers written about jazz, and how has jazz influenced American literature? David Yaffe explores the relationship and interplay between jazz and literature, looking at jazz musicians and the themes literature has garnered from them by appropriating the style, tones, and innovations of jazz, and demonstrating that the poetics of jazz has both been assimilated into, and deeply affected, the development of twentieth-century American literature

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