Table of Contents
Aknowledgments v
1 Introduction 1
2 Mimesis: Intermediality and Reductive Interpretations of Jazz Poems 7
2.1 Mimesis and Intermediality: Werner Wolf's Typology of intermedial Forms 9
2.2 Mimesis and Jazz Poetry: Three Contemporary Studies on Jazz Poetry 18
2.2.1 Sascha Feinstein's and T.J. Anderson's Restricted Interpretations of "Jazz-Informed" Poetry 19
2.2.2 David Yaffe's Worship of Jazz and Dismissal of Jazz Poetry 27
3 Metaphor: Intermedial Translation as a Metaphorical Process 31
3.1 The Domain Conceptual Metaphor Theory: The Basic Tenets 33
3.2 Text is Theory: Understanding Paul Blackburn's Jazz Poem in Terms of Conceptual Metaphor Theory 38
3.3 Theory is Text: Understanding the Conceptual Metaphor theory in Terms of Paul Blackburn's Jazz Poem 41
3.4 The Translation Metaphor: A Communication Model of Conceptual Metaphor 46
3.4.1 Theory is Theory: Understanding Lakoff's and Johnson's Conceptual Metaphor Theory in Terms of Ovid's Model of Transformation 50
3.4.2 Theory is Theory: Understanding Saussure's Theory of the Linguistic Sign in Terms of Ovid's Theory of Transmitting Meaning 52
3.4.3 Text is Theory: Understanding the Medieval Text Ovide Moralisé in Terms of Conceptual Metaphor Theory 54
3.4.4 Text is Text: Understanding the Medieval Text Ovide Moralisé in Terms of Blackburn's Jazz Poem 57
3.4.5 Theory is Theory: Understanding Iser's Reader-Response Theory in Terms of Ovid's Model of Understanding a Metaphorical Expression 58
3.4.6 Theory is Text: Understanding Baudelaire's Theory of Synesthesia in Terms of Blackburn's Jazz Poem 61
4 "Oh Play that Thing you Jazz Mad Fools!" Exploring the Creatively Inspired Metaphor Jazz Music is Writing in jazz Poetry 65
4.1 Time Is Space: A Sequence of Notes is a Line 68
4.1.1 A Sequence of Notes is a Line I: Translating Melodies into Lines 69
4.1.2 A Sequence of Notes is a Line II: Snake Patterns in Jazz Poetry 83
4.1.3 A Sequence of Notes is a Line III: Improvisation on a Theme 90
4.2 Sound is Motion: Translations of Fast and Slow Jazz in Jazz Poetry 101
4.2.1 Fast Tempo of Jazz is a Vertical Column 102
4.2.2 Slow Tempo is a Horizontal Line 125
4.3 Tempo is Rhythm 133
4.3.1 Tempo is Rhythm I: Free Verse 137
4.3.2 Tempo is Rhythm II: Syncopation and Typographical Techniques 143
4.3.3 Tempo is Rhythm III: Literal Descriptions of Rhythms 151
4.3.4 Tempo IS Rhythm IV: Additional Rhythmic Features of Jazz Poems 158
4.3.5 Tempo is Rhythm V: Swing 164
4.3.6 Tempo is Rhythm VI: African Drum Poems 168
4.4 Hot and Cool Jazz 175
4.4.1 Hot Jazz: The Adjective "Hot" 177
4.4.2 Hot Jazz is Fire and Hot Jazz is Sex 178
4.4.3 Hot Jazz is Cooking 182
4.4.4 "Hot" Poems 193
4.4.5 Cool Jazz: The Adjective "Cool" 199
4.4.6 Thelonious Monk: Translating Monk's Cool Compositions 200
4.4.7 "Cool" Poems 203
4.5 "Tone-Colors" Are Colors 206
4.5.1 Blue and Red 206
4.5.2 Black and Brown 213
4.5.3 A Palette of Colors 224
4.6 Musical Key is a Mood 235
4.6.1 Minor Key is a Sad Mood 236
4.6.2 Major Key is a Happy Mood 246
4.7 Dynamics: Forte and Piano, Crescendo and Decrescendo 248
4.7.1 Forte and Piano 249
4.7.2 Crescendo and Decrescendo 258
4.8 Acoustical Pitch is a Vertical Scale 261
4.9 "Voices" of Instruments 268
5 Conclusion 282
Works Cited 287
1 Primary Sources 287
1.1 Paintings and Photographs 287
1.2 Film 287
1.3 Sound Recordings and Lyrics 287
1.4 Poetry and Prose 289
2 Secondary Sources 295
Poetry Index 300
Credit Lines 304
Name Index 307
Subject Index 309
