Cultural Considerations: Essays on Readers, Writers, and Musicians in Postwar America PDF
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“This page intentionally left blank” Cultural Considerations “This page intentionally left blank” Cultural Considerations 6 Essays on Readers, Writers, and Musicians in Postwar America Joan Shelley Rubin University of Massachusetts Press Amherst and Boston Copyright © 2013 by Joan Shelley Rubin All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America isbn 978-1-62534-014-6 (paper); 013-9 (hardcover) Designed by Jack Harrison Set in Scala Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Rubin, Joan Shelley, 1947– Cultural considerations : essays on readers, writers, and musicians in postwar America / Joan Shelley Rubin. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn 978-1-62534-014-6 (pbk. : alk. paper) — isbn 978-1-62534-013-9 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1. American literature—20th century—History and criticism. 2. Literature and society—United States—History—20th century. 3. Books and reading—United States—History—20th century. I. Title. ps225.r84 2013 810.9'0054—dc23 2013009436 British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Publication of this book was supported by a grant from the Office of the Provost, University of Rochester. Again, for Tai, David, and Michael and for my sisters, Cynthia Beth Rubin Linda Gail Rubin “This page intentionally left blank” Contents Introduction: Cultural History in Practice 1 Part I: Readers & Critics 1. The Genteel Tradition at Large 11 2. The Scholar and the World Academic Humanists and General Readers in Postwar America 29 3. Repossessing the Cozzens-Macdonald Imbroglio Middlebrow Authorship, Critical Authority, and Autonomous Readers in Postwar America 59 Part II: Composers, Conductors & Their Audiences 4. The Composer as a Reader Poetry, Music, and the Politics of a Neglected Genre 87 5. Ideology and Practice in the Career of Robert Shaw 108 6. Gunther Schuller The Musician as Mediator 142 Conclusion: The Enduring Reader 150 Notes 169 Index 189 vii “This page intentionally left blank”
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