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Epistrophies: Jazz and the Literary Imagination

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Description for Epistrophies: Jazz and the Literary Imagination Hardback. Hearing across media is the source of innovation in a uniquely African American sphere of art-making and performance, Brent Hayes Edwards writes. He explores this fertile interface through case studies in jazz literature both writings informed by music and the surprisingly large body of writing by jazz musicians themselves. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 23 x 15. .
In 1941 Thelonious Monk and Kenny Clarke copyrighted Epistrophy, one of the best-known compositions of the bebop era. The song's title refers to a literary device--the repetition of a word or phrase at the end of successive clauses--that is echoed in the construction of the melody. Written two decades later, Amiri Baraka's poem Epistrophe alludes slyly to Monk's tune. Whether it is composers finding formal inspiration in verse or a poet invoking the sound of music, hearing across media is the source of innovation in black art. Epistrophies explores this fertile interface through ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674055438
SKU
V9780674055438
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About Brent Hayes Edwards
Brent Hayes Edwards is Professor in the Department of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University.

Reviews for Epistrophies: Jazz and the Literary Imagination
Brent Hayes Edwards is the finest literary scholar of his generation
an intellectual and artist of transformative force. His work reshapes the study and the making of world literature and art.
Fred Moten, University of California, Riverside This is an excellent book on an enduring theme of African-American culture, the intimate relationship of music
particularly jazz
and literary practice. Brent Edwards sees this as ... Read more

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