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Bruce Springsteen and philosophy : darkness on the edge of truth / edited by Randall E. Auxier and Doug Anderson.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Popular culture and philosophy ; v. 32.
- Popular culture and philosophy ; v. 32
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Rock music--United States--History and criticism.
- Rock music.
- Music and philosophy.
- Springsteen, Bruce--Criticism and interpretation.
- Springsteen, Bruce.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (409 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : Open Court, c2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Essays examine philosophical aspects of rock musician Bruce Springsteen's music, lyrics, and legacy --Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Born to run the USA. Prophets and profits: poets, preachers and pragmatists / Randall E. Auxier ; Who's the boss? Springsteen on the alienation and salvation of work and labor / Steven Michels ; They play guitars all night and all day: on the ethics of encores / Steven Gimbel ; Where were you born, Bruce Springsteen, and what does it matter? / John Shook ; On the cover of the rolling stone: revolution in the U.S.A. / Doug Anderson and Russell Anderson
- When we were wild and innocent. Blinded by the subterranean homesick muse: the poet as virtuous and virtuoso / Randall E. Auxier ; Racing in the street: freedom, feminism, and collateral damage / Doug Anderson ; An everlasting kiss: the seduction of Wendy / Randall E. Auxier
- The dark edges. Driving with Springsteen into the darkness at the edge of the world / James Couch ; Thunder Road / Gary L. Herstein ; Everything dies: facing fatalism in Atlantic City / John Jacob Kaag ; Living on the edge: a reason to believe / Erin McKenna and Scott Pratt ; Living in my hometown: local philosophies for troubled times / Heather E. Keith ; Bruce Springsteen or philosophy / Michael Ventimiglia
- Tom Joad's ghosts. Straight time: images of oppression / Luke Dick ; Whatever you say, boss, or, What the Thunder Road said / Michael F. Patton, Jr ; A little of that human touch: knowledge and empathy in the music of Bruce Springsteen / Scott Calef ; Socrates the sculptor, Springsteen the poet: philosophy and art against the tyrants / Jason M. Bell and Jessica Bell ; Elvis, 57 channels, and a .44 magnum: a cross-section of Springsteen's imagination / Randall E. Auxier.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-28566-5
- 9786613285669
- 0-8126-9777-4
- OCLC:
- 751694658
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