Turn your radio on: Music in the novels of Silas House
by Reynolds, Jennifer Adkins, M.A., NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY, 2007, 65 pages; 1441461

Abstract:

Silas House saturates Clay's Quilt and The Coal Tattoo with music: performed music, recorded music, composed music, radio music, and remembered music. One can hardly get further than a page without finding some kind of musical reference. House adeptly uses music for characterization and also as a way of showing the "emotional lives" of his characters. It defines his characters; serves as a window into their "emotional lives"; connects them to each other and to their past; and serves as a romantic bond between characters. For the main characters in these novels, Anneth Sizemore, Easter Sizemore McIntosh, Clay Sizemore, and Alma Mosley, music defines their identity and shapes their character within the larger narrative.
 
AdviserDanny Miller
SchoolNORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY
SourceMAI/ 45-04, p. , Jun 2007
Source TypeThesis
SubjectsMusic; American literature
Publication Number1441461
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