Book Details
Format
Hardcover
Pages
227
Language
English
Published
Jan 1, 1999
Publisher
State Univ of New York Pr
ISBN-10
0791440974
ISBN-13
9780791440971
Description
For almost a century, writers such as Ralph Ellison, Michael Ondaatje, and Ishmael Reed have expressed an affinity for jazz, hearing the music as a model for writing. Michael Jarrett examines their work and the work of others who have brought jazz into language, pushing "interpretation" into the realm of "invention."