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Improvisation and the Making of American Literary Modernism (Hardcover)
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Improvisation and the Making of American Literary Modernism (Hardcover)
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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.
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