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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450861503321

Autore

Pattison Robert

Titolo

The triumph of vulgarity [[electronic resource] ] : rock music in the mirror of romanticism / / Robert Pattison

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 1987

ISBN

1-280-52306-9

0-19-536503-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (303 p.)

Disciplina

784.54009

Soggetti

Rock music - History and criticism

Music, Influence of

Music - Social aspects

Popular culture

Romanticism in music

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliography and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; CHAPTER ONE: The Triumph of Vulgarity: Rock and Romantic Pantheism; CHAPTER TWO: I Am White, but O, My Soul Is Black: The Origins of Rock in the Romantic Primitive; CHAPTER THREE: Dreams of Elysian: Blues, Folk, and Rock Pantheism; CHAPTER FOUR: I Formulate Infinity: Feeling, Self, and Growth in Rock's Forever Now; CHAPTER FIVE: The Road of Vulgar Excess: Conventions of Rock Selfhood; CHAPTER SIX: The Zombie Birdhouse and the Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle: Rock and the World; CHAPTER SEVEN: Man and God at Rock 'n Roll High School: Popular Culture and Its Critics

CHAPTER EIGHT: De la Musique Avant Toute Chose: A Rock AestheticNOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z

Sommario/riassunto

Robert Pattison's new book discusses Romanticism, and the cross-currents between it and popular culture, using rock music as the main example.