Title Sounding real : musicality and American fiction at the turn of the twentieth century / Cristina Ruotolo.

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Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, 2013.

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Description	1 online resource (170 pages).
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Series	Studies in American literary realism and naturalism
	Studies in American literary realism and naturalism.
	American literary realism & naturalism.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary	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.
Contents	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.
Local Note	eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject	American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
	American fiction.
Chronological Term	20th century
Subject	Music and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
	Music and literature.
	United States.
	History.
	Music in literature.
	Music in literature.
	Musicians in literature.
	Musicians in literature.
Chronological Term	1900 - 1999
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	Criticism, interpretation, etc.
	History.
	Electronic books.
Other Form:	Print version: Ruotolo, Cristina L., 1963- Sounding real. Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, 2013 9780817317980
ISBN	9780817386764 (electronic book)
	0817386769 (electronic book)
	9780817317980 (hardcover : alkaline paper)
	0817317988 (hardcover : alkaline paper)

Title Sounding real : musicality and American fiction at the turn of the twentieth century / Cristina Ruotolo.

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