Autor: Emily Petermann

What is a ‘musical novel’? This book defines the genre as musical not primarily in terms of its content, but in its form. The musical novel crosses medial boundaries, aspiring to techniques, structur …

Analyzes two groups of ‘musical novels’ — novels that take music as a model for their construction — including jazz novels by Toni Morrison and Michael Ondaatje, and novels based on Bach’s Goldberg …

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