This Man & Music Anthony Burgess

Anthony Burgess reflects on the deep relationship between music and literature, drawing on his dual life as a novelist and composer. Personal Relationship with Music: Burgess recounts how music shaped his imagination and influenced his writing style. Shared Structures: He explores how rhythm, harmony, and form connect music and language, showing that both follow patterns of tension and resolution. Emotional Power: Music, he argues, expresses feelings that words cannot fully convey. Artistic Parallels: Through figures like Beethoven, Joyce, and Shakespeare, Burgess examines how great artists blend sound and meaning. Modernity and Dissonance: He notes that modern art and music mirror the fragmented, dissonant nature of contemporary life. Ultimately, he presents music and literature as twin expressions of the human creative spirit, bound by their shared structures and emotional depth. Good Vintage Condition with dust jacket. Slight signs of fading but no writing or underlining