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Very short introductions volume 728
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"With a history stretching back nearly 1,500 years, Japan literature encompasses a vast range of forms and genres. Since the eighth century, poetry and the non-philosophical lyric voice have occupied a central position in Japanese literary expression. The art of narrative blossomed in the eleventh century with one of the world's great literary masterpieces, Murasaki Shikibu's The Tale of Genji and later in the work of the great modern novelists Natsume...
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
xxvi, 334 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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"What is a Poem? Where did the genre come from and where might it be going? This book examines the poem from three angles: the idea of the poem, the workings of the poem, and the poem's social and cultural contexts. Chapters will provide information on the history and the theory of the poem to explain how the emergence and maturity of key genres"--
Pub. Date
2000
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xi, 852 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
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"Essays cover major historical trends and figures, discuss jazz in different countries, review the role of most instruments and consider the place of jazz in other arts, like dance, literature and film." N.Y. Times Book Rev. "This work is an effective single-volume device, leading current listeners to the music while including enough newer scholarship to retain the interest of connoisseurs." Libr J.
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Pub. Date
2023.
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xvi, 939 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (colour) ; 25 cm
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"Russia possesses one of the richest and most admired literatures of Europe, reaching back to the eleventh century. A History of Russian Literature provides a comprehensive account of Russian writing from its earliest origins in the monastic works of Kiev up to the present day, still rife with the creative experiments of post-Soviet literary life. The volume proceeds chronologically in five parts, extending from Kievan Rus' in the 11th century to...
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[2024]
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x, 241 pages ; 25 cm
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"Few things frightened conservative white Protestant parents of the 1950s and the 1960s more than thought of their children falling prey to the "menace to Christendom" known as rock and roll. The raucous sounds seemed tailor-made to destroy the faith of their young and, in the process, undermine the moral foundations of the United States. Parents and pastors launched a crusade against rock music, but they were fighting an uphill battle. Salvation...
Pub. Date
2023.
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xiv, 162 pages ; 22 cm.
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"Sixty years after the Conference of African Writers of English Expression at Makerere University, the dominance in the global canon of African literatures written in European languages over those in indigenous languages continues to be an issue. This volume of ALT re-examines this central question of African literatures to ask, 'What is the state of African literatures in African languages today?' Contributors discuss the translation of Gurnah's...
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2004
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315 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Employing the creative device of "Imaginary Conversations" in the first section of his book, Bernstein illuminates the importance of the symphony in America, the greatness of Beethoven, and the art of composing. The book also includes a photo section and a third section with the transcripts from his televised Omnibus music series, including "Beethoven's Fifth Symphony," "The World of Jazz," "Introduction to Modern Music," and "What Makes Opera Grand?"...
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2024.
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xi, 379 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
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The Bastard Instrument chronicles the history of the electric bass and the musicians who played it, from the instrument's invention through its widespread acceptance at the end of the 1960s. Although their contributions have often gone unsung, electric bassists helped shape the sound of a wide range of genres, including jazz, rhythm & blues, rock, country, soul, funk, and more. Their innovations are preserved in performances from artists as diverse...
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[2024]
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9 audio discs (approximately 660 min.) ; 4 3/4 in.
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What if the history of popular music could be seen through the lens of the women who made it? This remarkable anthology expands on NPR Music's celebratory and provocative multi-platform series Turning the Tables, examining the crucial and historically understated role women have and continue to play in popular music. Before Turning the Tables launched in 2017, best album lists in magazines or online included few works by women, and female artists...
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[2024]
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1 videodisc (81 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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DVD-R. A rock band with a propensity to create their own adventures attempts to bring a mandolin Guinness World Record from India to their hometown in Greenville, South Carolina. Acting simultaneously as bandmates, record-breakers, entertainers, and filmmakers the band Brother Oliver and their crew spend a year preparing for and executing an attempt to bring down a record that had stood for 5 years prior. Along the way, they discover it's far...
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2024.
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"Part memoir and part history of the Bay Area youth musical group Los Cenzontles. Follows Rodriguez's own musical journeys, the group's connections with political and social activism, and the histories underlying numerous styles of music from Mexico"--
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Pub. Date
2024.
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294 pages ; 23 cm
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"This long-awaited and much-needed volume shines new light on one of America's most beloved, and profound, poets-Lucille Clifton. Black Buffalo Woman is a deep, comprehensive dive into Clifton's work through the eyes of celebrated poet and scholar, Kazim Ali. Collecting chapters of Clifton's early manuscripts, late drafts, and integrating her books of children's literature, Ali's meticulously researched volume provides a brilliant and fresh perspective...
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Pub. Date
2023.
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ix, 246 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
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"The experience of reading, in the modern age, is often presented as intimate, personal, transformative-a journey wherein the reader may both recognize and redesign the self. In A Marvelous Solitude, Lina Bolzoni examines the equivalent rituals and myths that learned men associated with reading between the fourteenth and sixteenth centuries. During this period, European men of letters-from Petrarch to Boccaccio, Machiavelli, Montaigne, and Tasso-began...
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Pub. Date
[2024]
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153 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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"In Let Me Take You Down: Penny Lane and Strawberry Fields Forever, Jonathan Cott recounts the conception and creation of these two songs and describes the tumultuous events that led the Beatles to call it quits as a touring band and redefine themselves solely as recording artists. Cott also engages in conversation with Laurie Anderson, Bill Frisell, Richard Gere, Margaret Klenck, and Jonathan F. P. Rose, shining new light on two of the most acclaimed...
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Pub. Date
[2023]
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x, 329 pages : illustrations, map, music, portraits ; 25 cm
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"An iconic symbol of Spain, flamenco has become a global phenomenon. Peter Manuel offers English-language readers a rare portrait of the music's history, styles, and cultural impact. Beginning with flamenco's Moorish and Roma influences, Manuel follows the music's evolution through its consolidation in the mid-1800s and on to the vibrant contemporary scene. An investigation of flamenco's major song-types looks at rhythm and compás, guitar technique,...
18) Wonder confronts certainty: Russian writers on the timeless questions and why their answers matter
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Pub. Date
2023.
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x, 492 pages ; 25 cm
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"Gary Saul Morson brings to life the intense intellectual debates shaping two centuries of Russian writing. Dialogues of great writers with philosophical wanderers and blood-soaked radicals reveal a contest between unyielding dogmatism and open-minded wonder, rendering the Russian literary canon at once distinctive and universally human"--
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[2015]
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1 videodisc (170 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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DVD-R. Hawaiian rainbow: Documentary about Hawaiian music and musicians. Author George S. Kanahele and University of Hawaii ethnomusicologist Ricardo D. Trimillos present the history of Hawaiian music from ancient chants through the development of the falsetto style of singing, the introduction of the ukulele and steel guitar, the rise and fall in popularity of hapa haole songs, and the cultural rebirth of the 1970s. Featured performers include slack...
Pub. Date
2024.
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xi, 312 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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"Providing a comprehensive overview of American thought in the period following World War II, this Companion charts how the utopian has been understood in America since the country became a global leader. Individual chapters explore climate change, economic justice, technology, utopian traditions outside Western frameworks, and more"--
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