Music and Identity in Twentieth-Century Literature from Our America [electronic resource] : Noteworthy Protagonists /
Montiel, Marco Katz.author.
Offering a one-of-a-kind approach to music and literature of the Americas, this book examines the relationships between musical protagonists from Colombia, Cuba, and the United States in novels by writers such as Gabriel García Márquez, Alejo Carpentier, Zora Neale Hurston, and John Okada.
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; A Note to the Reader; Warming Up; Overture; Part I First Movement: Numbers, Music, and the Reality of Gabriel García Márquez; Chapter 1 Exposition: Literary and Musical Consonances; Chapter 2 Development: Dissonant Confrontations; Part II Intermezzo: Musical Segmentalizing; Part III Second Movement: Meanwhile, on the Other Side of the Caribbean; Chapter 3 Theme: Alejo Carpentier Sets the Stage; Chapter 4 Variations: Hurston and Carpentier's Caribbean Counterpoint; Part IV Third Movement: Stretching the Northern Boundaries of America
Chapter 5 Scherzo: ID Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That SwingChapter 6 Rondo: John Okada Returns to America and Returns to America and Returns.......; Part V Coda: More Possibilities for Discovering Music in American Literature; Exit Music: A Marvelous Future; Notes; Works Cited; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Offering a one-of-a-kind approach to music and literature of the Americas, this book examines the relationships between musical protagonists from Colombia, Cuba, and the United States in novels by writers such as Gabriel García Márquez, Alejo Carpentier, Zora Neale Hurston, and John Okada.
Literature, Modern-20th century.
Literature-Philosophy.
Culture-Study and teaching.
Music.
Literature-History and criticism.
America-Literatures.
Twentieth-Century Literature.
Literary Theory.
Cultural Theory.
Music.
Literary History.
North American Literature.