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1 online resource (vii, 159 pages). |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
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Literary criticism and cultural theory
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Literary criticism and cultural theory.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-154) and index. |
| Contents |
Cover; Original Title Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Introduction; CHAPTER ONE ""A sympathetic, singing instrument"": Musical Tropes and Cultural Fusion in James Weldon Johnson's The Autobiography if an Ex-Coloured Man; CHAPTER TWO ""A big sensation""; CHAPTER THREE Musical Range: Langston Hughes's The Ways of White Folks; CHAPTER FOUR ""Only in the head of a musician"": The Powers of Music in Toni Morrison's Jazz; CONCLUSION; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX. |
| Summary |
Beyond the Sound Barrier examines twentieth-century fictional representations of popular music-particularly jazz-in the fiction of James Weldon Johnson, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Langston Hughes, and Toni Morrison. Kristin K. Henson argues that an analysis of musical tropes in the work of these four authors suggests that cultural ""mixing"" constitutes one of the central preoccupations of modernist literature. Valuable for any reader interested in the intersections between American literature and the history of American popular music, Henson situates the literary use of popular music as a. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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American fiction. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Jazz in literature.
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Jazz in literature. |
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American fiction -- African American authors -- History and criticism.
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American fiction -- African American authors. |
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African Americans -- Intellectual life -- 20th century.
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African Americans -- Intellectual life. |
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Music and literature -- History -- 20th century.
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Music and literature. |
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History. |
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Musical fiction -- History and criticism.
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Musical fiction. |
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African American musicians in literature.
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African American musicians in literature. |
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Jazz musicians in literature.
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Jazz musicians in literature. |
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Music in literature.
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Music in literature. |
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Race in literature.
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Race in literature. |
| Chronological Term |
1900-1999 |
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Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Henson, Kristin K., 1968- Beyond the sound barrier 0415943000 (DLC) 2002015219 (OCoLC)50722203 |
| ISBN |
9781136726804 (electronic book) |
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1136726802 (electronic book) |
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0415943000 |
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9780415943000 |
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