Emancipating Pragmatism : Emerson, Jazz, and Experimental Writing.
tarafından
 
Magee, Michael.

Başlık
Emancipating Pragmatism : Emerson, Jazz, and Experimental Writing.

Yazar
Magee, Michael.

ISBN
9780817382049

Yazar Ek Girişi
Magee, Michael.

Fiziksel Tanımlama
1 online resource (263 pages)

Seri
Modern & Contemporary Poetics

İçerik
Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- 1. Toward a Theory of Democratic Symbolic Action -- 2. The Motives of Emancipated Prose: Emerson and the Collaborating Reader -- 3. Ralph Waldo's Blues, Take 2: Ellison's Changes -- 4. Tribes of New York: Frank O'Hara, Amiri Baraka, and the Poetics of the Five Spot -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Index.

Özet
A daring and innovative study that rewrites the story of American pragmatism. Emancipating Pragmatism is a radical rereading of Emerson that posits African- American culture, literature, and jazz as the very continuation and embodiment of pragmatic thought and democratic tradition. It traces Emerson's philosophical legacy through the 19th and 20th centuries to discover how Emersonian thought continues to inform issues of race, aesthetics, and poetic discourse. Emerson's pragmatism derives from his abolitionism, Michael Magee argues, and any pragmatic thought that aspires toward democracy cannot ignore and must reckon with its racial roots. Magee looks at the ties between pragmatism and African-American culture as they manifest themselves in key texts and movements, such as William Carlos Williams's poetry; Ralph Ellison's discourse in Invisible Man and Juneteenth and his essays on jazz; the poetic works of Robert Creeley, Amiri Baraka, and Frank O'Hara; as well as the "new jazz" being forged at clubs like The Five Spot in New York. Ultimately, Magee calls into question traditional maps of pragmatist lineage and ties pragmatism to the avant-garde American tradition. Michael Magee teaches at the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence.

Notlar
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

Konu Başlığı
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, -- 1803-1882 -- Criticism and interpretation.
 
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, -- 1803-1882 -- Influence.
 
Jazz -- History and criticism.
 
Literature, Experimental -- History and criticism.
 
Music and literature.
 
Pragmatism in literature.
 
Race in literature.

Tür
Electronic books.

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