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Musical Novel: Imitation of Musical Structure, Performance, and Reception in Contemporary Fiction

Contributor(s): Petermann, Emily (Author)

ISBN: 9781571135926

Publisher: Camden House (NY)

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Pub Date: May 1, 2014

Dewey: 809.933578

LCCN: 2013051185

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Bibliography, Index

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 0.63" H x 9.00" L x 6.00" W ( 1.12 lbs) 250 pages

Series: European Studies in North American Literature and Culture

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Description: Analyzes two groups of "musical novels" -- novels that take music as a model for their construction -- including jazz novels by Toni Morrison and Michael Ondaatje, and novels based on Bach's Goldberg Variations.

Review Quotes: [A] necessary work of methodology, refining and clarifying prior attempts at intermedial analysis into a toolset that offers much as a foundation for future works of criticism.-- "H-MUSIC"

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