Music and Identity in Twentieth-Century Literature from Our America

Marco Katz Montiel has a PhD from the University of Alberta, Canada. He publishes in English and Spanish on literature and cultural studies and is a trombonist and composer.

Preface: Tuning Up Introduction: Overture PART I: FIRST MOVEMENT: NUMBERS, MUSIC, AND THE REALITY OF GABRIEL GÁRC?A MARQUEZ 1. Exposition: Literary and Musical Themes 2. Development: Dissonant Confrontations PART II: INTERMEZZO: MUSICAL SEGMENTALIZING PART III: SECOND MOVEMENT: MEANWHILE, ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CARIBBEAN 3. Theme: Alejo Carpentier Sets the Stage 4. Variations: Hurston and Carpentier's Caribbean Counterpoint PART IV: THIRD MOVEMENT: STRETCHING THE NORTHERN BOUNDARIES OF AMERICA 5. Scherzo: ID Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got that Swing 6. Rondo: John Okada Returns to America and Returns to America and Returns . . . PART V: CODA: MORE POSSIBILITIES FOR DISCOVERING MUSIC IN AMERICAN LITERATURE Conclusion: Exit Music: A Marvelous Future