Popular Music and American Literary Culture by Kirk Curnutt - 9781119833222

Name: Popular Music and American Literary Culture by Kirk Curnutt - 9781119833222
Brand: John Wiley & Sons Inc

John Wiley & Sons Inc

Popular Music and American Literary Culture\n\nKirk Curnutt (Author)\n\n9781119833222, Wiley\n\nPaperback / softback, published 30 March 2026\n\n336 pages\n22.4 x 15 x 2.3 cm, 0.476 kg\n\nExplores how American Literature has represented the sound and spirit of popular music \nFrom the birth of rhythm and blues to the rise of hip-hop, American writers have long grappled with how to capture in words the energy, rebellion, and cultural power of popular music. Popular Music and American Literary Culture traces this complex relationship, offering the most comprehensive exploration yet of how novelists, poets, and playwrights have responded to the sounds that have defined the last eight decades of American life. \nKirk Curnutt examines how writers have celebrated, critiqued, and been inspired by the sonic revolutions of their time\u2014from Elvis and Motown to punk and rap\u2014while questioning literature\u2019s ability to match music\u2019s visceral immediacy. Moving from 1950s pulp pape]