U2s Songs of Trauma and Hope - Between the Midnight and the Dawning

This book provides a rich analysis of U2's songs, unveiling the light of hope amid the darkness of trauma and provide close interpretations of the band's lyrics and performances through the lenses of trauma and memory studies.

List of contents

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Trauma, Trouble and The Light You Can't Always See

Chapter 1: "How Long Must We Sing This Song?": The Many Traumatic Faces & Meanings of "Sunday Bloody Sunday"

Chapter 2: "Love is Not What You're Thinking of": War, Peace, and Allegory in the 1990s

Chapter 3: "A Heart That is Broken is a Heart That is Open": Traumatic Conflicts and Healing Confessions

Chapter 4: "Sweetheart, You're So Cruel": Trauma & Hope on Achtung Baby

Chapter 5: "Far Away, So Close!": Multidirectional Memory, Spatiality, and New Media

Chapter 6: "Gonna Kick the Darkness 'Till It Bleeds Daylight": Healing Trauma with Songs of U2?

Conclusion: "At the Altar of the Dark Star"

References

About the Authors

About the author

Ingunn Røysland is teacher of English and German and currently teaches German at Skigymnaset, Hovden.Charles I. Armstrong is professor of English literature at the University of Agder.

Product details

• Authors: Ingunn Røysland, Ingunn Rysland
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.03.2024
• EAN: 9781666930986
• ISBN: 978-1-66693-098-6
• No. of pages: 172
• Series: For the Record: Lexington Studies in Rock and Popular Music; For the Record: Studies in Rock and Popular Music
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > Miscellaneous; Rock, Music, Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, Rock & Pop music, Individual composers & musicians, specific bands & groups, MUSIC / Individual Composer & Musician, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Rock, MUSIC / Lyrics, MUSIC / Philosophy & Social Aspects, MUSIC / Essays, Musicians, singers, bands & groups, Theory of music & musicology, Popular Music, Musical scores, lyrics & libretti, Composers & songwriters, Theory of music and musicology