Dylan and Cohen - Poets of Rock and Roll

Informationen zum Autor David Boucher is Professor of Political Philosophy and International Relations at Cardiff University, UK, and Distinguished Visiting Professor, University of Johannesburg, South Africa. He has written on a wide variety of subjects ranging from human rights to social justice. His books include Dylan and Cohen: Poets of Rock and Roll (2004), The Political Art of Bob Dylan (2009 ed. With Gary Browning), and Appropriating Hobbes (2018). Klappentext Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen are widely acknowledged as the great pop poets of the 1960s, transforming the popular song into a medium for questionng the personal, social, and political norms of their times. They emerged at a time when the music industry was transforming the revolutionary sound of black music into something bland, homogenous, and fit for mass consumption. For many members of their generation, Dylan and Cohen were able to articulate what they were feeling and could not express: anti-establishement anger, angst, and despondency. Dylan and Cohen is a fascinating political, psychological and artistic profile of these two iconic writers and performers. With reference to both biographical details and lyrics. David Boucher explores their similarities and differences, tracing the development of religious political, and social themes in their work and the ways in which those ideas engaged a new audience. A must-read for all serious fans of either Dylan or Cohen, this book will also engage anyone interested in the North America of the 1960s, or more generally in the relationship between music, identity and politics. Zusammenfassung Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen are widely acknowledged as the great pop poets of the 1960s, transforming the popular song into a medium for questioning the personal, social and political norms of their times. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: The Popular as Political; 1. From Folk Roots to New Routes: The Avant Garde in America; 2. The Religious Experience; 3. Poets of a Generation; 4. Influences; 5. Art as Magic and Art as Amusement; 6. Dylan from Magic to Poetry; 7. Field Commander Cohen; Conclusions ...

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: David Boucher
• Edition: Bloomsbury Academic
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Broché
• Sortie: 01.04.2004
• EAN: 9780826459817
• ISBN: 978-0-8264-5981-7
• Pages: 256
• Dimensions: 146 mm x 216 mm x 13 mm
• Thèmes: Underground/Overground: Explorations in Popular Culture S.; Underground/Overground: Explorations in Popular Culture S.
• Catégories: Littérature > Littérature (récits) > Correspondance, journaux intimes; Littérature spécialisée > Musique, cinéma, théâtre > Biographies, autobiographies; Sciences humaines, art, musique > Musique > Général, dictionnaires; Biografien: Kunst und Unterhaltung, Rock, Rock & Pop music, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / General, Pop Musik, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Rock, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Pop Vocal, Biography: arts & entertainment, Pop Music, Popular Music, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Music, Biography: arts and entertainment