The Golden Age, Time Past: Jazz, Blues, and the Word

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Sterling Lecater Bland Jr.

The Shadow of Invisibility: Ralph Ellison and the Promise of American Democracy, pp.104-124

Louisiana State University Press

2023

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Title: The Golden Age, Time Past: Jazz, Blues, and the Word
Author/Creator: Sterling Lecater Bland Jr.
Publication Details: The Shadow of Invisibility: Ralph Ellison and the Promise of American Democracy, pp.104-124
Annotation: In exploring Ellison's evolving views on culture, identity, jazz, and modernist literature, Bland discusses the author's complicated relationship with Hemingway's writing, beginning with his early fascination with Hemingway's Esquire articles. Bland looks at how Hemingway, whom Ellison cited as part of his literary lineage, contributed to the musician-turned-writer's developing literary aesthetic, identifying core principles of modernist thought and technique running through Ellison's fiction, essays, and interviews. Concludes that "
Publisher: Louisiana State University Press; Baton Rouge
Academic Unit: Hemingway Bibliography
Resource Type: Book chapter
Record Identifier: 991015213297903691