Joydom

All the people are in a sort of joydom over the new French Republic,' he wrote to Emerson, 'which has descended suddenly (or shall we say, ascended, alas!) out of the Immensities upon us; […]

I trust he is full with joydom to be with his scholars again." Not daring to trust her voice, Vivien inclined her head.

When you thought of Chicago, you thought of the joydom called Jazz.

Your cummings joydom joydoms me. He has, as you see, that innocence & fraternity of things I love so much, that easy oneness with the world: the world in his hands is a sauntering along, a song, a gaiety as of a late spring rain […]

The association of Chicago with "the joydom of jazz" inspires Lena to name her son after the city, yet the impulse to find a creative outlet through the music is so strong that it prompts her to abandon her child when her husband attempts to stifle her creativity and career.