Hot Music, Ragmentation, and the Bluing of American Literature

by Steven C. Tracy

Book Overview

Hot Music, Ragmentation, and the Bluing of American Literature is a multidisciplinary exploration of the ways that African American "hot" music--minstrelsy, ragtime, jazz, and especially blues--emerged into the American cultural mainstream in the nineteenth century and ultimately dominated both American music and literature from 1920 to 1929.

Exploring the deep and enduring relationship between music and literature, Hot Music,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0817318658
• ISBN13: 9780817318659
• Release Date: June 2015
• Publisher: University Alabama Press
• Length: 560 Pages
• Weight: 2.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"