ISBN:
0226554252
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9780226554259
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xi, 216 pages)
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DDC:
810.9/3578
Keywords:
Baldwin, James / 1924-1987
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Baraka, Amiri / 1934-2014
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Ellison, Ralph
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Ellison, Ralph Criticism and interpretation
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Baldwin, James Criticism and interpretation
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Baraka, Amiri Criticism and interpretation
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American literature
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Ellison, Ralph
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Jazz
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LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General
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American literature / African American authors
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Improvisation (Music)
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Jazz
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Jazz in literature
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Jazz
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Improvisation
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Intellektuelle Anschauung
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American literature African American authors
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History and criticism
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Jazz in literature
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Jazz History and criticism
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Improvisation (Music)
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Improvisation
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Jazz
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Intellektuelle Anschauung
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Jazz
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Improvisation
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Jazz
;
Intellektuelle Anschauung
Note:
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-196) and index
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Introduction: Vamping 'til ready -- Three ways of looking at a yardbird : Charlie Parker and the theorization of jazz improvisation in the work of Ralph Ellison, James Baldwin, and LeRoi Jones/Amiri Baraka -- Black is, black ain't : violence, black masculinity, and the novel as democratic symbol -- Cutting session : Baldwin as prizefighting intellectual, Baldwin as improvising intellectual -- Improvising over the changes : improvisation as intellectual and aesthetic practice in the transitional poems of LeRoi Jones/Amiri Baraka -- Coda
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Though often thought of as rivals, Ralph Ellison, James Baldwin, and Amiri Baraka shared a range of interests, especially a passion for music. Jazz, in particular, was a decisive influence on their thinking, and, as The Shadow and the Act reveals, they drew on their insights into the creative process of improvisation to analyze race and politics in the civil rights era. In this inspired study, Walton M. Muyumba situates them as a jazz trio, demonstrating how Ellison, Baraka, and Baldwin's individual works form a series of calls and responses with each other. Muyumba connects their writings on
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