Reese, Sam V. H.
Blue Notes: Jazz, Literature, and Loneliness
- ISBN 13:
- 9780807172247
- author:
- Reese, Sam V. H.
- format:
- Paperback / softback
- publisher:
- Louisiana State University Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2019
- Pages:
- 200
- Dimensions:
- 21.6 x 14 centimetres (0.26 kg)
- Genre:
- Nonfiction, Social Sciences, Popular Culture,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Blue Notes: Jazz, Literature, and Loneliness explores the complex relationship between jazz music and literary representations of loneliness. Sam V. H. Reese examines how writers have used jazz as a subject matter and aesthetic structure to explore human emotions. Reese delves into the tradition of literary appropriations of jazz, tracing its influence on writers' work and vice versa. He analyzes how revolutionary jazz artists used literature to express their music's emotional depth. By examining these exchanges between music and literature, Blue Notes sheds new light on the cultural meaning of loneliness, revealing how it can create beauty, empathy, and understanding. This critical study draws on a range of prose writings, including works by Ralph Ellison, James Baldwin, Julio Cortázar, Langston Hughes, and Eudora Welty.
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