{"product_id":"difficult-rhythm-music-and-the-word-in-e-m-forster-9780252035654","title":"Difficult Rhythm  Music and the Word in E.M. Forster","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRecording the important role of music in the life and work of British author E. M. Forster\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Astute and well informed. . . . Fillion's extremely fine study is surely one that scholars will draw on with admiration and pleasure.\"--\u003ci\u003eReview of English Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A very comprehensive and perceptive assessment of the role of music in E. M. Forster’s life and work.\"--\u003ci\u003eMusic and Letters\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A significant reassessment of one of the twentieth century's finest writers. By paying nuanced attention to the comprehensive role of music in Forster's novels and aesthetics, Fillion finds a new keynote to Forster's literary art. To read his novels without this perspective in play is to miss much.\"--Scott G. Burnham, author of \u003ci\u003eBeethoven Hero\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Briskly written and highly readable.\"--\u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eDifficult Rhythm\u003c\/i\u003e is a tasty read, indeed. Fillion impressively and gracefully shows how Forster's engagement and fascination with music in his works articulates his evolving social, political, and ideological concerns.\"--Todd Avery, author of \u003ci\u003eRadio Modernism: Literature, Ethics, and the BBC, 1922–1938\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"These works continue testifying to the quality of Fillion's contribution to Forster scholarship and interdisciplinary research.\"--\u003ci\u003ePolish Journal of English Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Fine's documentation of the more recent growth of sacred and secular step teams outside of the realm of Black Greek Letter Organizations, the strength of her arts and performance-related scholarship, and her discussion of the intersections of African and African American aesthetics make this an important book that adds tremendously to our understanding of an important aspect of twentieth and twenty-first century African American and American popular culture.\"--\u003ci\u003eJournal of African American History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The history, culture, politics, and art of this African-American performance artform is examined in-depth; black-and-white photographs embellish this impressive, scholarly, highly recommended contribution to Black American cultural studies reference collections and supplemental reading lists.\"--\u003ci\u003eBookwatch\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Elizabeth Fine takes us on a journey of discovery with \u003ci\u003eSoulstepping,\u003c\/i\u003e all the way back to its African roots and all the way up to our moment. All groups have dance steps that the group performs together for the pure joy of celebrating life. \u003ci\u003eSoulstepping\u003c\/i\u003e brings out that joy, that exhilaration, that love of life. This celebration is long overdue.”--Nikki Giovanni\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Elizabeth Fine has produced a labor of love. \u003ci\u003eSoulstepping\u003c\/i\u003e is thorough and true to the African American spirit she discovered more completely as she traveled through history to bring to light this remarkable phenomenon, one that would otherwise exist only for those fortunate enough to have been present late at night perhaps at an African American fraternity or sorority event on an American college or university campus.”--Michael V. W. Gordon, Professor of Music Emeritus at Indiana University School of Music and First Executive Director of the National Pan-Hellenic Council\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Abbreviations   ix\u003cbr\u003e List of Musical Examples   xiii\u003cbr\u003e List of Figures   xv\u003cbr\u003e Preface   xvii\u003cbr\u003e 1. E. M. Forster's Life in Music   1\u003cbr\u003e 2. \"Creating\" \u003ci\u003eLucia: \u003c\/i\u003eThe Voice of Luisa Tetrazzini in \u003ci\u003eWhere Angels Fear to Tread\u003c\/i\u003e   24\u003cbr\u003e 3. Wagnerism, \"Decadent\" Wagnerites, and Wagnerian Motives in \u003ci\u003eThe Longest Journey\u003c\/i\u003e   39\u003cbr\u003e 4. \"New Woman\" or \"Piano Girl\": Lucy's Music in \u003ci\u003eA Room with a View\u003c\/i\u003e   56\u003cbr\u003e 5. Not Listening to Beethoven and Brahms at the Queen's Hall: Music as Vision in \u003ci\u003eHowards End\u003c\/i\u003e   79\u003cbr\u003e 6. Tchaikovsky and the Deflowering of Masculine Love in \u003ci\u003eMaurice\u003c\/i\u003e   93\u003cbr\u003e 7. \"Beethoven's Piano Sonatas\" (1939-40) and the Twilight of the Hero   108\u003cbr\u003e 8. Claggart's Monologue and the Art of Collaboration in \u003ci\u003eBilly Budd\u003c\/i\u003e   123\u003cbr\u003e 9. Conclusion: Difficult Rhythm, Prophetic Song   138\u003cbr\u003e Appendix A: Forster's Known \u003ci\u003eBallets Russes\u003c\/i\u003e Attendance   145\u003cbr\u003e Appendix B: Forster's Known Opera Attendance   146\u003cbr\u003e Notes   151\u003cbr\u003e Works Cited   173\u003cbr\u003e Index   189","brand":"MO - University of Illinois Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51742208721239,"sku":"9780252035654","price":77.35,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780252035654.jpg?v=1758383619","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/difficult-rhythm-music-and-the-word-in-e-m-forster-9780252035654","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}