Looking back at the Jazz Age : new essays on the literature and legacy of an iconic decade /

Looking back at the Jazz Age : new essays on the literature and legacy of an iconic decade /

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Imprint:Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2016.
©2016
Description:1 online resource (xxiv, 226 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
Subject:
Nineteen twenties -- Congresses.
American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism -- Congresses.
Jazz -- Social aspects -- Congresses.
Nineteen twenties.
Manners and customs.
Jazz -- Social aspects.
American literature.
United States -- Social life and customs -- 1918-1945 -- Congresses.
United States.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12646614
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Other authors / contributors:Von Rosk, Nancy, editor.
ISBN:9781443813334
1443813338
1443894842
9781443894845
Notes:Papers based on a panel organized for the 2013 Northeast Modern Language Association Conference.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed March 9, 2017).
Summary:From Britain's Downton Abbey and Dancing on the Edge to Woody Allen's Midnight in Paris and Baz Luhrmann's The Great Gatsby, the Jazz Age's presence in recent popular culture has been striking and pervasive. This volume not only deepens the reader's knowledge of this iconic period, but also provides a better understanding of its persistent presence "in our time." Situating well-known Jazz Age writers such as Langston Hughes in new contexts while revealing the contributions of lesser-known figures such as Fannie Hurst, Looking Back at the Jazz Age brings together an international and interdisci.

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