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Improvisation and the Making of American Literary Modernism

Dr Rob Wallace

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  • 216 sidor
  • 2010
Improvisation, despite its almost ubiquitous presence in many art forms, is notoriously misunderstood and mysterious. Although earlier strands of American philosophy and art emphasized what might be called improvisational practices, it was during the modernist period that improvisational practice and theory began to make a significant impact on art and culture, specifically via the African American musical forms of jazz and blues. This musical development held important consequences for the larger artistic, cultural, and political life of America as a whole and, eventually, the world. The historical convergence of jazz and philosophical currents like pragmatism in American culture provides the framework for Wallace's discussion of improvisation in literary modernism. Focusing on poets ranging from Gertrude Stein to Langston Hughes, Wallace's work provides a fresh perspective on the complex circuits of modernist culture. Improvisation and The Making of American Literary Modernism will be of interest to scholars of poetry, music, American and modernist studies, and race and ethnic studies.
  • Författare: Dr Rob Wallace
  • Format: Inbunden
  • ISBN: 9781441169464
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 216
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2010-10-14
  • Förlag: Continuum Publishing Corporation