Yaffe Fascinating Rhythm

Reading Jazz in American Writing
Course Book
ISBN: 978-1-4008-2680-3
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: 6 - ePub Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 232 Seiten

David Yaffe's writings have appeared in many publications, including the New Republic, The Nation, the New York Times, New York Magazine, the Boston Globe, the Village Voice, Slate, and the Chronicle of Higher Education. He is Assistant Professor of English at Syracuse University.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Yaffe, David

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Englische Literatur Amerikanische Literatur
• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikgattungen Jazz

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments

Introduction 1
CHAPTER 1. WHITE NEGROES AND NATIVE SONS BLACKS AND JEWS IN WORDS AND MUSIC 15
CHAPTER 2. LISTENING TO ELLISON TRANSGRESSION AND TRADITION IN ELLISON’S JAZZ WRITINGS 61
CHAPTER 3. STOMPING THE MUSE JAZZ, POETRY, AND THE PROBLEMATIC MUSE 99
CHAPTER 4. LOVE FOR SALE HUSTLING THE JAZZ MEMOIR 150
Notes 199
Bibliography 215
Index 225

Über Autor(innen)

David Yaffe's writings have appeared in many publications, including the New Republic, The Nation, the New York Times, New York Magazine, the Boston Globe, the Village Voice, Slate, and the Chronicle of Higher Education. He is Assistant Professor of English at Syracuse University.