TY - BOOK AU - Ruotolo,Cristina L. TI - Sounding real: musicality and American fiction at the turn of the twentieth century T2 - Studies in American literary realism and naturalism SN - 9780817386764 AV - PS374 .S686 2013 PY - 2013/// CY - Tuscaloosa PB - University of Alabama Press KW - American fiction KW - Music and literature KW - Music in literature KW - Musicians in literature KW - 20th century KW - History and criticism KW - United States KW - History KW - Electronic Books N1 - 2; Introduction --; Not just looking: Sister Carrie's musical economy --; Listening to women playing Chopin --; Opera's "impossible country": figuring the American diva --; James Weldon Johnson's ex-colored musician --; Fictions of the American music critic --; Epilogue; 2; b N2 - Examining American realist fiction as it was informed and shaped by the music of the period, Sounding Real sheds new light on the profound musical and cultural change at the turn of the twentieth century. Sounding Real by Cristina L. Ruotolo examines landmark changes in American musical standards and tastes in the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries and the way they are reflected in American literature of the period. Whereas other interdisciplinary approaches to music and literature often focus on more recent popular music and black music tha UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=608923&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 ER -