Looking back at the Jazz Age : new essays on the literature and legacy of an iconic decade / edited by Nancy von Rosk.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Von Rosk, Nancy, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nineteen twenties--Congresses.

Nineteen twenties.

American literature--20th century--History and criticism--Congresses.

American literature.

Jazz--Social aspects.

Jazz.

Manners and customs.

United States--Social life and customs--1918-1945--Congresses.

United States.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xxiv, 226 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2016.

Summary:

From Britain' Downton Abbey and Dancing on the Edge to Woody Allen's Midnight in Paris and Baz Luhrmann's The Great Gatsby, the Jazz Age's presence in recent popular culture has been striking and pervasive. This volume not only deepens the reader's knowledge of this iconic period, but also provides a better understanding of its persistent presence "in our time." Situating well-known Jazz Age writers such as Langston Hughes in new contexts while revealing the contributions of lesser-known figures' such as Fannie Hurst, Looking Back at the Jazz Age brings together an international and interdisciplinary group of scholars who draw on a wide range of academic fields and critical methods: New Historicism, biography, philosophy, queer theory, psychoanalytical theory, geography, music theory, film studies, and urban studies. The volume includes provocative new readings of the flapper, an intricate examination of the intersections between literature and music, as well as some reflections on the twenty first century's preoccupation with the Jazz Age. Building on recent scholarship and suggesting avenues for further research, this collection will be of interest to scholars and students in American literature, American history, American studies, cultural studies, and film studies. Book jacket.

Contents:

I The Origins and Evolution of the Flapper

Flappers Before Fitzgerald / Linda Simon Simon, Linda 3

Zelda Fitzgerald's Existential Quest: Authenticity and Freedom in Save Me the Waltz / Heather Salter Dromm Dromm, Heather Salter 21

Into the Past: Romanticising the Dark Ghosts of Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald / Siobhan Lyons Lyons, Siobhan 39

II Urban Geography, Artistic Experimentation and Literary Form

Fannie Hurst's Jazz Age Experimentation in Lummox / Elizabeth Decker Decker, Elizabeth 65

Howells, Dos Passos and the Evolution of Urban Mapping / Zachary Tavlin Tavlin, Zachary, Navid Ebrahimzadeh Ebrahimzadeh, Navid 85

"Traffic of Music on Spring Street": Poetic Soundscapes of New York City in Jazz Poetry / Annika Eisenberg Eisenberg, Annika 107

Urban Ethnography and Migration in the Work of Langston Hughes / Jean Alger Alger, Jean 131

III The Jazz Age in Our Time

Re-Imagining the Jazz Age: Nightclubs, Speakeasies and Shady Crime in Jazz Film Noir Musical Performances / Sheri Chinen Biesen Biesen, Sheri Chinen 159

The American Dream in Baz Luhrmann's The Great Gatsby / Roberta Fabbri Viscardi Viscardi, Roberta Fabbri 179

Woody Allen's Dreamwork in Midnight in Paris / Marcos Soares Soares, Marcos 201.

Notes:

Papers based on a panel organized for the 2013 Northeast Modern Language Association Conference.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781443894845

1443894842

OCLC:

959033012

Publisher Number:

99969297810