Description
Josh Epstein's Sublime Noise is an original, intellectually capacious, and frequently brilliant analysis of the theoretical and material relationships between writers of the modernist period in America, Ireland, and England, and the music of their cultures-both received 'classics' of the nineteenth century and the experimental 'new music' of their times. Each superb chapter articulates a complex argument that reinvigorates many of the most canonical texts of modernism. -- Scott W. Klein, Wake Forest University Epstein's erudite book, written with panache, will provide intellectual joy to any reader interested in diffraction patterns between music and culture in the twentieth century. Its arresting thesis reverses Pater's famous dictum: all art aspires to the condition of noise. But the signal-to-noise ratio of Epstein's own writing is remarkably high. -- Daniel Albright, Ernest Bernbaum Professor of Literature, Harvard University
About the Author
Josh Epstein is an assistant professor of English at Portland State University.
Reviews
Epstein commands an impressively wide field of reference and his writing is always lively, richly textured and colourful - sometimes brilliantly so... Sublime Noise is a thought-provoking study, densely packed with intelligent connections and highly resonant. Times Literary Supplement ... he writes beautifully, has researched widely and deeply, and is clearly in command of his material. The most admirable thing about this exquisitely dilatory book is that each sentence has its own rhythm. James Joyce Quarterly
Book Information
ISBN 9781421415239
Author Josh Epstein
Format Hardback
Page Count 384
Imprint Johns Hopkins University Press
Publisher Johns Hopkins University Press
Weight(grams) 658g
Dimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 30mm