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Joni Mitchell's Blue / Lloyd Whitesell.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Whitesell, Lloyd, author.
- Series:
- Oxford keynotes
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mitchell, Joni. Blue.
- Mitchell, Joni.
- Popular music--1971-1980--History and criticism.
- Popular music.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2026]
- Summary:
- Joni Mitchell's most beloved album Blue (1971) continues to inspire new generations of listeners well over 50 years after its release. In this book, author Lloyd Whitesell situates Mitchell as a key figure in the singer-songwriter movement that emerged in the late 1960s and shows how the confessional mode of writing intensified the movement's core values of authenticity and vulnerability. In its extreme personal exposure, raw timbres, and emotional volatility, Blue represents a turning point in the confessional approach. Whitesell also paints a vivid portrait of Mitchell and her peers at the moment Blue was made.
- Contents:
- Canons, attachments, epiphanies
- Outpouring
- Zeitgeist
- Artistry
- Epilogue : only a phase.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Online resource; title from home page (Oxford Academic, viewed March 23, 2026).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Whitesell, Lloyd. Joni Mitchell's Blue
- ISBN:
- 9780197686867
- 0197686869
- OCLC:
- 1565403785
- Publisher Number:
- CIPO000335179
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license
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