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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,...
9) 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.
10) Jazz
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Co
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
xiii, 704 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., music ; 25 cm.
Description
History of jazz that explains what jazz is, where it came from, and who created it and why, all within the broader context of American life and culture. Emphasizing its African American roots, Jazz traces the history of the music over the last hundred years. From ragtime and blues to the international craze for swing, from the heated protests of the avant-garde to the radical diversity of today's artists, Jazz describes the travails and triumphs of...
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.
15) 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...
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