An Annotated Bibliography of Jazz Fiction and Jazz Fiction Criticism

by Richard N. Albert

Overview

Albert provides a survey of the impact of jazz on both American and foreign fiction, along with an annotated listing of almost 400 short stories, novels, plays, and jazz fiction criticism. Access is augmented by an index of novels, plays, and short stories and by a general index.

Albert examines the strong impact jazz and the blues have had on fiction. The annotated listing of 400 novels, short stories, and jazz fiction criticism will serve as a resource for those doing research in both music and literature, as well as serving as a reading guide for jazz devotees who are looking for literature with a jazz motif. Access is augmented by an index of novels, plays, and short stories and by a general index.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780313289989
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	09/13/1996
Series:	Bibliographies and Indexes in World Literature , #52
Pages:	136
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.44(d)

About the Author

RICHARD N. ALBERT is Associate Professor Emeritus of English at Illinois State University. He has written extensively on the relationship between jazz and fiction, including From Blues to Bop: A Collection of Jazz Fiction which he edited in 1990.

Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction
Anthologies
Novels
Drama
Short Stories
Selected Criticism
Index of Novels, Plays, and Short Stories
General Index

Editorial Reviews

Weighing in somewhere between a comprehensive and a selected bibliography, documents the impact jazz has had on fiction, particularly in the US during the 1950s and 1960s. Cites nearly 400 anthologies, novels, dramas, short stories, and critical pieces. The annotations locate and describe the connection with the music. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Booknews