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  1. The shadow and the act
    black intellectual practice, jazz improvisation, and philosophical pragmatism
    Published: 2011
    Publisher:  University of Chicago Press, Chicago

    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,... more

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    Hochschule Aalen, Bibliothek
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    Hochschule Esslingen, Bibliothek
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    Saarländische Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek
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    Universitätsbibliothek der Eberhard Karls Universität
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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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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9780226554259; 0226554252; 9780226554235; 9780226554242; 0226554236; 0226554244
    Subjects: American literature; Jazz; Jazz in literature; Improvisation (Music); American literature; Jazz; American literature; American literature; Jazz; Ellison, Ralph; Jazz; Improvisation (Music); Jazz in literature; American literature ; African American authors; LITERARY CRITICISM ; American ; General; Jazz; Improvisation; Intellektuelle Anschauung; Criticism, interpretation, etc
    Other subjects: Ellison, Ralph; Baldwin, James 1924-1987; Baraka, Amiri 1934-2014; Baraka, Amiri (1934-2014); Ellison, Ralph; Baldwin, James (1924-1987); Baldwin, James 1924-1987; Baraka, Amiri 1934-2014; Ellison, Ralph; Baldwin, James; Baraka, Amiri
    Scope: Online Ressource (xi, 216 p.)
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    Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-196) and index. - Description based on print version record

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    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

    Online-Ausg. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library
  2. The shadow and the act
    black intellectual practice, jazz improvisation, and philosophical pragmatism
    Author: Muyumba, Walton M.
    Published: ©2009
    Publisher:  University of Chicago Press, Chicago

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    Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Amberg-Weiden / Hochschulbibliothek Amberg
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    Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Amberg-Weiden, Hochschulbibliothek, Standort Weiden
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 0226554252; 9780226554259
    RVK Categories: LS 48200
    Subjects: American literature; Ellison, Ralph; Jazz; LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General; American literature / African American authors; Improvisation (Music); Jazz; Jazz in literature; Jazz; Improvisation; Intellektuelle Anschauung; American literature; Jazz in literature; Jazz; Improvisation (Music); Improvisation; Jazz; Intellektuelle Anschauung
    Other subjects: Baldwin, James / 1924-1987; Baraka, Amiri / 1934-2014; Ellison, Ralph; Ellison, Ralph; Baldwin, James (1924-1987); Baraka, Amiri (1934-2014)
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (xi, 216 pages)
    Notes:

    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

    Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-196) and index

    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

    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
  3. The shadow and the act
    black intellectual practice, jazz improvisation, and philosophical pragmatism
    Author: Muyumba, Walton M.
    Published: 2009
    Publisher:  University of Chicago Press, Chicago ; EBSCO Industries, Inc., Birmingham, AL, USA

    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,... more

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    Bibliothek der Hochschule Mainz, Untergeschoss
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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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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9780226554259; 0226554252; 9780226554235; 9780226554242; 0226554236; 0226554244
    RVK Categories: LS 48200 ; HD 370
    Subjects: Jazz; Improvisation; Intellektuelle Anschauung
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (xi, 216 pages)
    Notes:

    Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-196) and index