Sounding Real: Musicality and American Fiction at the Turn of the Twentieth Century

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Sounding Real studies in american literary realism and naturalism series editor gary Scharnhorst editorial board donna Campbell John Crowley Robert e. Fleming alan gribben eric Haralson denise d. Knight Joseph Mcelrath george Monteiro Brenda Murphy James nagel alice Hall Petry donald Pizer Tom Quirk Jeanne Campbell Reesman Ken Roemer Sounding Real Musicality and american Fiction at the Turn of the Twentieth Century Cristina l. Ruotolo The University of Alabama Press Tuscaloosa Copyright © 2013 The university of alabama Press Tuscaloosa, alabama 35487-0380 all rights reserved Manufactured in the united States of america Typeface: aCaslon Cover art: “The Pathetic Song” by Thomas eakins, 1881. Corcoran gallery of art. Cover design: Mary-Frances Burt / Burt&Burt ∞ The paper on which this book is printed meets the minimum requirements of american national Standard for information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed library Materials, anSi Z39.48-1984. library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication data Ruotolo, Cristina l., 1963Sounding real : musicality and american fiction at the turn of the twentieth century / Cristina l. Ruotolo. p. cm. — (Studies in american literary realism and naturalism) includes bibliographical references and index. iSBn 978-0-8173-1798-0 (hardcover : alk. paper) — iSBn 978-0-8173-8676-4 (ebook) 1. american fiction—20th century—History and criticism. 2. Music and literature—united States—History—20th century. 3. Music in literature. 4. Musicians in literature. i.Title. PS374.M87R86 2013 813'.5093578—dc23 2012050438 i dedicate this book to my parents. ...