in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
F. Scott Fitzgerald named it, Louis Armstrong launched it, Paul Whiteman and Fletcher Henderson orchestrated it, and now Arnold Shaw chronicles this fabulous era in his marvelously engrossing book, appropriately called The Jazz Age.
Features interviews of Sam Wooding, Benny Waters, Joe Tarto, Bud Freeman, Jimmy McPartland, Freddie Moore, and Jabbo Smith, and Bix Beiderbecke's letters to his family.
A collection of autobiographical essays offers the author's impressions of privileged American life during the 1920s, his rise to fame and subsequent decline, and the attitudes that both shaped him and reflected his literary contributions
Francis Scott Fitzgerald, 1996
Traces the troubled life of writer F. Scott Fitzgerald, from his spoiled, yet insecure childhood through his difficult marriage and writing career to his early death.
Caroline Evensen Lazo, 2003
Mark R. Schneider recounts the history of this turbulent era, paying particular attention to the ways in which African Americans actively challenged Jim Crow and firmly expressed pride in their heritage.
Mark Robert Schneider, 2006
7
"We Return Fighting":
The Civil Rights Movement in
the Jazz Age
Enhanced with illustrations, this book provides a look a the many people and diverse organizations that played a role in the battle for civil rights for African Americans during the 1950s and 1960s.
Mark Robert Schneider, 2002
8
Arc of Justice: A Saga of Race, Civil Rights, and Murder in ...
Ossian Sweet's story, so richly and poignantly captured here, is an epic tale of one man trapped by the battles of his era's changing times. Arc of Justice is the winner of the 2004 National Book Award for Nonfiction.
9
Vanity Fair 100 Years: From the Jazz Age to Our Age
This sumptuous book takes a decade-by-decade look at the world as seen by the magazine, stopping to describe the incomparable editor Frank Crowninshield and the birth of the Jazz Age Vanity Fair, the magazine's controversial rebirth in 1983 ...
10
Structures of
the Jazz Age: Mass Culture, Progressive ...
Rhodes grants the truth of appearances to the clichés of the Jazz Age - the lost generation of writers, the era of mass consumption and the silver screen - while revealing their roots in a conservative ideology which sustained Republican ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «THE JAZZ AGE»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
the jazz age is used in the context of the following news items.
BWW Interview: De'Adre Aziza Brings the Jazz Age to Life in …
BroadwayWorld sat down with Tony Award-nominee De'Adre Aziza to discuss her new role in the Williamstown Theatre Festival production of PARADISE BLUE. «Broadway World, Jul 15»
'Irrepressible: The Jazz Age Life of Henrietta Bingham,' by Emily …
It's hard to resist a biography with a preface that features the discovery of attic trunks filled with nearly 200 beribboned love letters, a first edition of Virginia ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
Henrietta Bingham, the Jazz Ages Secret Lothario
She could have been an enigmatic anti-heroine in Jazz Age literature, but it is ... heroine in Irrepressible: The Jazz Age Life of Henrietta Bingham, out today. «Daily Beast, Jun 15»
Photos: Going Back in Time at the Jazz Age Lawn Party
For the 10th year in a row, musician Michael Arenella and pals hosted the Jazz Age Lawn Party on June 13 and 14, a stylish gathering of New Yorkers dressing ... «Newsweek, Jun 15»
Channel Your Inner Flapper at the Jazz Age Lawn Party
The Dreamland Follies attend the 9th Annual Jazz Age Lawn Party on Governor's Island. (Photo: Getty Images). SATURDAY June 13. Cross our hearts, hope to ... «New York Observer, Jun 15»
How Bessie Smith Ushered In The Jazz Age
Jazz bassist and composer Christian McBride, host of NPR's Jazz Night In America and a regular guest on All Things Considered, spoke with host Audie Cornish ... «NPR, Apr 15»
Chicago's Jazz Age still lives in Archibald Motley's art
Nearby boulevards shook with the music, as well, for no place on Earth swung harder than the South Side of Chicago during the Jazz Age. Roughly speaking ... «Chicago Tribune, Mar 15»
Vintage Is Always In Style At New York's Jazz Age Lawn Party
The Jazz Age Lawn Party is the only place in New York where strangers will smile, laugh and Charleston away from you if you bump into them. Here, you travel ... «Forbes, Aug 14»
Photos: The Jazz Age Lawn Party Takes Governors Island Back In …
This weekend Governors Island hosted the Jazz Age Lawn Party, both Saturday and Sunday, with a sold out crowd for each event. The 1920s will return to the ... «Gothamist, Jun 14»
How the Jazz Age Invented Modern America
The sure hand of a seasoned professional is evident in Supreme City: How Jazz Age Manhattan Gave Birth to Modern America, Donald L. Miller's lengthy but ... «Daily Beast, May 14»
