Literary Modernism and Musical Aesthetics

This book examines the theory and the practice of music, in relation to the writing of four major modernist figures: Walter Pater, Ezra Pound, James Joyce, and Gertrude Stein. Brad Bucknell examines modernist writers' relationship and engagement with music, from theories about music and musical-literary relations to the composition of music and libretti. Bucknell's study investigates how music, as a discrete artistic mode of expression, and a recurring theme in the work of these four writers, reveals the intricate and varied nature of the modernist project.

Author: Brad Bucknell
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 02/21/2002
Pages: 302
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9780521660280