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1 online resource (xxiv, 226 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Papers based on a panel organized for the 2013 Northeast Modern Language Association Conference. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; I. The Origins and Evolution of the Flapper; Flappers Before Fitzgerald; Zelda Fitzgerald's Existential Quest; Into the Past; II. Urban Geography, Artistic Experimentation and Literary Form; Fannie Hurst's Jazz Age Experimentation in Lummox; Howells, Dos Passos and the Evolution of Urban Mapping; "Traffic of Music on Spring Street"; Urban Ethnography and Migration in the Work of Langston Hughes; III. The Jazz Age in Our Time; Re-Imagining the Jazz Age; The American Dream in Baz Luhrmann's The Great Gatsby |
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Woody Allen's Dreamwork in Midnight in ParisContributors; Index |
| Summary |
From Britain's Downton Abbey and Dancing on the Edge to Woody Allen's Midnight in Paris and Baz Luhrmann's The Great Gatsby, the Jazz Age's presence in recent popular culture has been striking and pervasive. This volume not only deepens the reader's knowledge of this iconic period, but also provides a better understanding of its persistent presence "in our time." Situating well-known Jazz Age writers such as Langston Hughes in new contexts while revealing the contributions of lesser-known figures such as Fannie Hurst, Looking Back at the Jazz Age brings together an international and interdisci. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Nineteen twenties -- Congresses.
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Nineteen twenties. |
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American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism -- Congresses.
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American literature. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
United States -- Social life and customs -- 1918-1945 -- Congresses.
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United States. |
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Manners and customs. |
| Chronological Term |
1918-1945 |
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Jazz -- Social aspects -- Congresses.
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Literature & literary studies. |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy. |
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Jazz -- Social aspects. |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural. |
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Jazz. |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture. |
| Chronological Term |
1900-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Added Author |
Von Rosk, Nancy, editor.
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| ISBN |
9781443813334 (electronic book) |
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1443813338 (electronic book) |
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1443894842 |
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9781443894845 |
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