Write in Tune: Contemporary Music in Fiction (Hardcover)

Contemporary popular music provides the soundtrack for a host of recent novels, but little critical attention has been paid to the intersection of these important art forms. "Write in Tune" addresses this gap by offering the first full-length study of the relationship between recent music and fiction. With essays from an array of international scholars, the collection focuses on how writers weave rock, punk, and jazz into their narratives, both to develop characters and themes and to investigate various fan and celebrity cultures surrounding contemporary music. "Write in Tune" covers major writers from America and England, including Don DeLillo, Jonathan Franzen, Zadie Smith, and Jim Crace. But it also explores how popular music culture is reflected in postcolonial, Latino, and Australian fiction. Ultimately, the book brings critical awareness to the power of music in shaping contemporary culture, and offers new perspectives on central issues of gender, race, and national identity.

General

Imprint:	Bloomsbury Academic USA
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	July 2014
First published:	May 2014
Editors:	Erich Hertz • Jeffrey Roessner
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	280
ISBN-13:	978-1-62356-422-3
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > From 1900 Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Novels, other prose & writers > General Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Contemporary popular music > Rock & pop > General Books > Music > Contemporary popular music > Rock & pop > General
LSN:	1-62356-422-0
Barcode:	9781623564223

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