The Cowboy and the Dandy : Crossing Over from Romanticism to Rock and Roll
by
Perry Meisel
Book Details
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Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
0195118170
ISBN-13
9780195118179
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint
Oxford University Press Inc
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jan 7th, 1999
Print length
166 Pages
Weight
363 grams
Dimensions
21.10 x 14.00 x 2.00 cms
Product Classification:
Theory of music & musicologyRock & Pop musicLiterary studies: generalCultural studies
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What is rock and roll and where does it come from? In this study of music, literature and culture, Perry Meisel shows how rock and roll joins both Romanticism and the blues tradition by testing the boundaries they share including those between freedom and irony, country and city, cowboy and dandy.
What is rock and roll and where does it come from? In this new study of music, literature, and culture, Perry Meisel shows how rock and roll joins both Romanticism and the blues tradition by testing the boundaries they share: boundaries between freedom and irony, between country and city, between the iconic figures of cowboy (e.g. John Wayne) and dandy (e.g. Oscar Wilde). In a series of startling juxtapositions, Meisel looks at rhythm and blues, Emerson and the cowboy, urban blues, the dandy and 60''s psychedelia, Willa Cather, Miles Davis, and Virginia Woolf. In the process, Meisel shows how "popular" and "high" culture are hardly fixed categories, and in fact share deep roots each vainly affects to disdain.
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