| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
Literatures of the Americas
|
|
Literatures of the Americas.
|
| Summary |
Intellectual discussions have fallen short of developing a truly hemispheric view of the Americas thus far. With eye towards filling this gap; Music and Identity in Twentieth-Century Literature from Our America, written by a professional musician turned literary scholar, offers a one-of-a-kind approach to exploring American homologies while taking account of national and regional differences. Based on an interdisciplinary Cultural Studies approach, this new methodology brings rigorous musicianship and critical literary theory to consider relationships between musical protagonists from Colombia, Cuba, and the United States in novels by Gabriel Garc̕a M̀rquez, Alejo Carpentier, Zora Neale Hurston, and John Okada. In addition to providing useful ideas for inter-American studies, this book opens up new ways of reading texts related to Latin American, African American, and Asian American studies. |
| Contents |
Preface: Tuning Up -- Introduction: Overture -- PART I: FIRST MOVEMENT: NUMBERS, MUSIC, AND THE REALITY OF GABRIEL GaRClA MARQUEZ -- 1. Exposition: Literary and Musical Themes -- 2. Development: Dissonant Confrontations -- PART II: INTERMEZZO: MUSICAL SEGMENTALIZING -- PART III: SECOND MOVEMENT: MEANWHILE, ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CARIBBEAN -- 3. Theme: Alejo Carpentier Sets the Stage -- 4. Variations: Hurston and Carpentier's Caribbean Counterpoint -- PART IV: THIRD MOVEMENT: STRETCHING THE NORTHERN BOUNDARIES OF AMERICA -- 5. Scherzo: ID Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got that Swing -- 6. Rondo: John Okada Returns to America and Returns to America and Returns -- PART V: CODA: MORE POSSIBILITIES FOR DISCOVERING MUSIC IN AMERICAN LITERATURE -- Conclusion: Exit Music: A Marvelous Future. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Music and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
|
|
Music and literature -- Latin America -- History -- 20th century.
|
|
American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
|
|
Latin American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
|
|
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Literary. |
|
American literature |
|
Latin American literature |
|
Music and literature |
|
Latin America |
|
United States https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJtxgQXMWqmjMjjwXRHgrq |
| Chronological Term |
1900-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
|
|
History
|
| Other Form: |
Print version: Katz Montiel, Marco, 1952- Music and Identity in Twentieth-Century Literature From Our America 9781137433329 (DLC) 2014008120 (OCoLC)872562190 |
| ISBN |
9781137433336 (electronic bk.) |
|
1137433337 (electronic bk.) |
|
9781137433329 |
|
1137433329 |
|
