Three Songs, Three Singers, Three Nations / Greil Marcus.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Marcus, Greil, author.

Series:

William E. Massey, Sr. lectures in the history of American civilization.

The William E. Massey Sr. Lectures in the History of American Civilization ; 2013

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dylan, Bob, 1941- Ballad of Hollis Brown--1964.

Dylan, Bob.

Lunsford, Bascom Lamar, 1882-1973. I wish I was a mole in the ground--1928.

Lunsford, Bascom Lamar.

Wiley, Geechie. Last kind words blues--1930.

Wiley, Geechie.

Folk songs, English--United States--History and criticism.

Folk songs, English.

Folk musicians--United States.

Folk musicians.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (177 p.)

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Greil Marcus delves into three distinct episodes in the history of American commonplace song and shows how each one manages to convey the uncanny sense that it was written by no one. In these seemingly anonymous productions, we discover three different ways of talking about the United States, and three separate nations within its borders.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

ILLUSTRATIONS

Inflection: “Ballad of Hollis Brown,” Bob Dylan

Disappearance and Forgetting: “Last Kind Words Blues,” Geeshie Wiley

World Upside Down: “I Wish I Was a Mole in the Ground,” Bascom Lamar Lunsford

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

CREDITS

INDEX

Notes:

Includes index.

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ISBN:

9780674915336

067491533X

9780674915312

0674915313

OCLC:

1029836927