Emancipating pragmatism : Emerson, jazz, and experimental writing / Michael Magee.
Material type: TextSeries: Modern and contemporary poeticsPublication details: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©2004.Description: 1 online resource (xii, 247 pages)Content type:- text
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- Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882 -- Criticism and interpretation
- Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882 -- Influence
- Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882 -- Critique et interprétation
- Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882 -- Influence
- Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882
- Emerson, Ralph Waldo 1803-1882
- Emerson, Ralph Waldo
- Literature, Experimental -- History and criticism
- Jazz -- History and criticism
- Pragmatism in literature
- Music and literature
- Race in literature
- Poetics
- Literature -- Philosophy
- Littérature expérimentale -- Histoire et critique
- Jazz -- Histoire et critique
- Pragmatisme dans la littérature
- Musique et littérature
- Race dans la littérature
- Poétique
- LITERARY COLLECTIONS -- Essays
- Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
- Jazz
- Literature, Experimental
- Music and literature
- Poetics
- Pragmatism in literature
- Race in literature
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-234) and index.
Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; 1. Toward a Theory of Democratic Symbolic Action; 2. The Motives of Emancipated Prose: Emerson and the Collaborating Reader; 3. Ralph Waldo's Blues, Take 2: Ellison's Changes; 4. Tribes of New York: Frank O'Hara, Amiri Baraka, and the Poetics of the Five Spot; Epilogue; Notes; Index.
A daring and innovative study that rewrites the story of American pragmatism. Emancipating Pragmatism is a radical rereading of Emerson that posits African- American culture, literature, and jazz as the very continuation and embodiment of pragmatic thought and democratic tradition. It traces Emerson's philosophical legacy through the 19th and 20th centuries to discover how Emersonian thought continues to inform issues of race, aesthetics, and poetic discourse. Emerson's pragmatism derives from his abolitionism, Michael Magee argues, and any pragmatic thought that aspires toward democracy canno.
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