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The Cowboy and the Dandy

Crossing over from Romanticism to Rock and Roll

The Cowboy and the Dandy( )
Author: Meisel, Perry
ISBN:978-0-19-511817-9
Publication Date:Dec 1998
Publisher:Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $120.00
Book Description:

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...
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Book Details
Pages:166
Detailed Subjects: Literary Criticism / Subjects & Themes / General
Music / Genres & Styles / Rock
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):5.694 x 8.463 x 0.702 Inches
Book Weight:0.838 Pounds



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