Somewhere a place for us: how intratextual music-association conveys characteral identity in "The Time of Our Singing" by Richard Powers.

Hooper, E (2013) 'Somewhere a place for us: how intratextual music-association conveys characteral identity in "The Time of Our Singing" by Richard Powers.' Journal of Music and Meaning (JMM), 11. ISSN 1603-7170

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Abstract

This study will focus on how literary music-character pairing can effectively and uniquely convey characteral identity in a manner unattainable through words alone. It will explore what it is about music’s semantically abstract language that specifically allows for such revelation, through a focused study of the character of Jonah Strom and his association with John Dowland’s song Time Stands Still in Richard Powers’ novel The Time of Our Singing.

Item Type: Article
Keywords: Musico-literary, Character, Dowland, Powers
Subjects: M Music and Books on Music > M Music
M Music and Books on Music > ML Literature of music
P Language and Literature > PE English
P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General)
P Language and Literature > PS American literature
Divisions: Bath School of Music and Performing Arts
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Date Deposited: 09 Jan 2014 15:26
Last Modified: 15 Aug 2021 09:34
URI / Page ID: https://researchspace.bathspa.ac.uk/id/eprint/1599
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