{"product_id":"beyond-the-sound-barrier-the-jazz-controversy-in-twentieth-century-american-fiction-literary-criticism-and-cultural-theory","title":"Beyond the Sound Barrier: The Jazz Controversy in Twentieth-Century American Fiction (Literary Criticism and Cultural Theory)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBook info:\u003c\/strong\u003e Beyond the Sound Barrier: The Jazz Controversy in Twentieth-Century American Fiction (Literary Criticism and Cultural Theory) (Hardcover, 168 pages) – Routledge, 2003. Language: English.\u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eBeyond the Sound Barrier examines twentieth-century fictional representations of popular music-particularly jazz-in the fiction of James Weldon Johnson, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Langston Hughes, and Toni Morrison. Kristin K. Henson argues that an analysis of musical tropes in the work of these four authors suggests that cultural \"mixing\" constitutes one of the central preoccupations of modernist literature. Valuable for any reader interested in the intersections between American literature and the history of American popular music, Henson situates the literary use of popular music as a culturally amalgamated, boundary-crossing form of expression that reflects and defines modern American identities.\u003c\/p\u003e  \n\n                                         Editorial Reviews                   About the Author   Kristin K. Henson                                           ","brand":"Kristin K Henson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46068960329962,"sku":"9780415943000","price":191.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/5301\/6298\/files\/71rAbSpADBL._SL1500.jpg?v=1781193249","url":"https:\/\/textbookme.store\/products\/beyond-the-sound-barrier-the-jazz-controversy-in-twentieth-century-american-fiction-literary-criticism-and-cultural-theory","provider":"TextbookMe","version":"1.0","type":"link"}