Larkin's blues : jazz, popular music, and poetry / B.J. Leggett.
Larkin's blues : jazz, popular music, and poetry / B.J. Leggett.
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Publisher
Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, c1999.
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N821.914/48
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Language
English
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Physical content
viii, 227 p. ; 23 cm.
Contents
1. Introduction -- 2. Jazz and Modernism -- 3. Jazz Poems -- 4. Good Mornin', Blues -- 5. The Real World and the Cole Porter Song -- 6. The Cliche and the Popular Song -- 7. The Cliche and the Common Reader.
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Publisher
Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, c1999.
Place of Publication
Louisiana
Date Published
c1999.
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Summary
Until his recent fall from grace in the wake of the publication of some of his letters and a disparaging biography, Philip Larkin (1922-1985) was widely praised as the "unofficial laureate of post-1945 England" and "the best-loved poet of his generation." A longtime jazz and blues enthusiast, Larkin drew upon both kinds of music as his model for a...
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Larkin's blues : jazz, popular music, and poetry / B.J. Leggett.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. ([207]-214) and index.
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Date Copyright
c1999.
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N821.914/48
Record Identifier
74VvNbxzGlzX
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvNbxzGlzX
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ISBN
0807123420 :
9780807123423 (alk. paper)
0807123420 (alk. paper)
9780807123423 :
DDC
821.914
MMS ID
991013032349702626
