This Man and Music

By Anthony Burgess

Christine Lee Gengaro, Anthony Burgess

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Manchester University Press
19 March 2020

Theory of music & musicology; Biography: arts & entertainment; Literary essays; Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers

Series: The Irwell Edition of the Works of Anthony Burgess

This man and music asks two central questions: what can literature contribute to the art of composition, and how can music influence the writer? Anthony Burgess, famed novelist, journalist, and composer, answers these questions and many more. As a person uniquely qualified to look at the interconnectivity of music and literature from both sides, Burgess provides fascinating insights, drawing on his deep knowledge of both disciplines. The book contains eleven interconnected essays that touch on philosophical conundrums of art and adaptation, questions of meaning, and the author's own personal experience. It is a must-read for fans of Burgess who want to understand how music influenced the author's craft of writing. Part autobiography and part literary and musical analysis, This man and music is a unique artefact in the stunning output of a prolific artist. -- .

By: Anthony Burgess
Edited by: Christine Lee Gengaro
Imprint: Manchester University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 138mm, Spine: 24mm
Weight: 585g
ISBN: 9781526123916
ISBN 10: 1526123916
Series: The Irwell Edition of the Works of Anthony Burgess
Pages: 344
Publication Date: 19 March 2020
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction This man and music 1 Biographia musicalis 2 A matter of time and space 3 Let’s write a symphony 4 Music and meaning 5 Meaning means language 6 Under the bam 7 Nothing is so beautiful as sprung 8 Re Joyce 9 Contrary tugs 10 Oedipus wrecks 11 Bonaparte in E flat Appendices 1 Comparison of ‘Blest Pair of Sirens’ and ‘Disharmonious Sisters’ to This man and music 2 Original Prefatory Note from ‘Blest Pair of Sirens’ 3 Reviews 4 Excerpt from ‘The Novel as Music’ 5 Similar passages in This Man and Music [1982], The Pianoplayers [1986], and Little Wilson and Big God [1986] 6 Correspondence between Hans Keller and Anthony Burgess Notes -- .

Christine Lee Gengaro is Professor of Music at Los Angeles City College

Reviews for This Man and Music: By Anthony Burgess

'There is a lot in this book to recommend it to Burgess readers. There is even more, I would say, to recommend it to scholars of music. For those interested in the meeting points of music and literature, it is essential reading. It is a deeply personal book, but one that any reader will come away from filled with interesting factoids, and a much better and braver sense of how the written and the heard can come together.' Manchester review of books -- .