About this title: This title reassesses Ralph Ellison and explores his writings and views on American culture through the lens of jazz music. Horace Porter's study addresses Ellison's jazz background, including his essays and comments about jazz musicians such as Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, and Charlie Parker. Porter further examines the influences of Ellington and Armstrong as sources of the writer's personal and artistic inspiration and highlights the significance of Ellison's camaraderie with two African American friends and fellow jazz fans - the writer Albert Murray and the painter Romare Bearden. ...
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Description: Good. 0877457778 Former library item may have library binding and show stamps, stickers or other marks. Items not meeting quality expectations may be returned. Due to the large scale of our operation, we do not have access to the specific contents/condition of our items. read more
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: University of Iowa Press [
Date Published: 2001]
ISBN-13:9780877457770ISBN:0877457778
Description: Hardcover, near new in near new dust jacket. --"Explores Ellison's written views on American culture through the lens of jazz music. " ISBN 0877457778. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: University of Iowa Press, Iowa City
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780877457770ISBN:0877457778
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. Except for taps at the lower corners causing a little gentle wrinkling to the jacket and slight bends to the corners of the hard cover, excellent, clean and well-kept, no ownership marks. read more
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