Emancipating pragmatism : Emerson, jazz, and experimental writing / Michael Magee.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Magee, Michael, 1971-

Series:

Modern and contemporary poetics.

Modern and contemporary poetics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Literature, Experimental--History and criticism.

Literature, Experimental.

Jazz--History and criticism.

Jazz.

Pragmatism in literature.

Music and literature.

Race in literature.

Poetics.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882--Criticism and interpretation.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882--Influence.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (263 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 a

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-234) and index.

ISBN:

0-8173-8204-6

OCLC:

320323781