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2) Ah, music!
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
c2003
Physical Desc
47 p. : col. ill. ; 32 cm.
Description
Surveys the history and components of music, concentrating on Western musical traditions.
Author
Formats
Description
The fifty essays in Second Words span the period from 1962 to 1980 and reveal Margaret Atwood's views on feminism, Canadian literature, the creative process, nationalism, sexism, as well as critical commentary on such writers as Erica Jong, E. L. Doctorow, Northrop Frye, Roch Carrier, Marie-Claire Blais, Marge Piercy, Adrienne Rich, Sylvia Plath, and many more.
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
xiv, 304 p. ; 23 cm.
Description
"A new collection of essays and literary criticism from the Nobel Prize winner. In addition to being one of the most acclaimed and accomplished fiction writers in the world, Coetzee is also a literary critic of the highest caliber. As Derek Attridge observes in his introduction, reading Coetzee's nonfiction offers one the opportunity to see 'how an author at the forefront of his profession engages with his peers, not as a critic from the outside,...
6) Jazz
Publisher
PBS DVD
Pub. Date
c2000
Physical Desc
10 DVDs (ca. 19 hr.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Documentary exploring the history of jazz from its beginnings through the 1990's, including the stories of many of its creators and performers. Includes archival video, still photographs, historical performances, and newly recorded interviews and musical performances.
Series
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
352 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.
Description
"The Literature Book is a fascinating journey through the greatest works of world literature, from the Iliad to Don Quixote to The Great Gatsby. Around 100 crystal-clear articles explore landmark novels, short stories, plays, and poetry that reinvented the art of writing in their time, whether Ancient Greece, post-classical Europe, or modern-day Korea."--Amazon.com.
13) The art of X-ray reading: how the secrets of 25 great works of literature will improve your writing
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
288 pages ; 22 cm.
Description
"Where do writers learn their best moves? They use a technique that Roy Peter Clark calls X-ray reading, a form of reading that lets you penetrate beyond the surface of a text to see how meaning is actually being made. In THE ART OF X-RAY READING, Clark invites you to don your X-ray reading glasses and join him on a guided tour through some of the most exquisite and masterful literary works of all time, from The Great Gatsby to Lolita to The Bluest...
Author
Publisher
Pearson Longman
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
xv, 250 p. ; 21 cm.
Description
"Focusing on imagery and sound, this groundbreaking book on the teaching of poetry writing is concise, practical, and inexpensive and it's the only poetry writing text designed specifically for a college term. Winner of the Distinguished Teaching Award, Kevin Clark is a university professor, a widely published poet, and the author of the collection In the Evening of No Warning. Developed and proven over two decades of college level workshops, the...
18) Country music
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Formats
Description
"Country Music is the story of the musicians. Here is Hank Williams's tragic honky tonk life, Dolly Parton rising to fame from a dirt-poor childhood, and Loretta Lynn turning her experiences into songs that spoke to women everywhere. Here too are interviews with the genre's biggest stars, including the likes of Merle Haggard to Garth Brooks to Rosanne Cash. Rife with rare photographs and endlessly fascinating anecdotes, the stories in this sweeping...
19) Great musicians
Author
Series
Publisher
DK
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
72 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm. + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)
Description
Highlights the lives and accomplishments of musicians from Palestrina to Youssou N'Dour.
Author
Publisher
W. W. Norton
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
xiii, 449 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Description
The definitive account of how the rough sounds of the Mississippi Delta--from legendary greats Robert Johnson, Charley Patton, Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, Howlin' Wolf, B. B. King, and others--changed the course of American popular music.
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