Postcolonial Readings of Music in World Literature

by Cameron Fae Bushnell

Book Overview

This book reads representations of Western music in literary texts to reveal the ways in which artifacts of imperial culture function within contemporary world literature. Bushnell argues that Western music's conventions for performance, composition, and listening, established during the colonial period, persist in postcolonial thought and practice. Music from the Baroque, Classical, and Romantic periods (Bach through Brahms) coincides with the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 113810843X
• ISBN13: 9781138108431
• Release Date: May 2017
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"