Literary Modernism and Musical Aesthetics

This Book Examines The Theory And The Practice Of Music In Relation To The Writing Of Four Major Modernist Figures: Walter Pater Ezra Pound James Joyce And Gertrude Stein. Brad Bucknell Examines Modernist Writers'' Relationship And Engagement With Music From Theories About Music And Musical-Literary Relations To The Composition Of Music And Libretti. Bucknell''S Study Investigates How Music As A Discrete Artistic Mode Of Expression And A Recurring Theme In The Work Of These Four Writers Reveals The Intricate And Varied Nature Of The Modernist Project.