Popular Music and American Literary Culture by Kirk Curnutt - 9781119833222

John Wiley & Sons Inc

Popular Music and American Literary CultureAuthor(s): Kirk Curnutt\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc, United States\nImprint: John Wiley & Sons Inc\nISBN-13: 9781119833222, 978-1119833222\nSynopsis\nExplores how American Literature has represented the sound and spirit of popular music \n\nFrom the birth of rhythm and blues to the rise of hip-hop, American writers have long grappled with how to capture in words the energy, rebellion, and cultural power of popular music. Popular Music and American Literary Culture traces this complex relationship, offering the most comprehensive exploration yet of how novelists, poets, and playwrights have responded to the sounds that have defined the last eight decades of American life. \n\nKirk Curnutt examines how writers have celebrated, critiqued, and been inspired by the sonic revolutions of their timefrom Elvis and Motown to punk and rapwhile questioning literatures ability to match musics visceral immediacy. Moving fr.