The Rose & The Briar: Death, Love And Liberty in the American Ballad - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 0393328252 ISBN 13: 9780393328257

Casa editrice: W W Norton & Co Inc, 2006

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A collection of writings and illustrations on the American ballad considers it as an art form as well as an expressive reflection of history, in an anthology that features pieces by such contributors as Paul Muldoon, John Rockwell, and Joyce Carol Oates. Reprint. 10,000 first printing.

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A devastatingly original work that plunges into the emotional heart of the American psyche. Praised by Robbie Robertson of The Band as "a classic--a ticket to ride," "The Rose & the Briar" assembles an astonishing group of writers and artists--Paul Muldoon, Stanley Crouch, R. Crumb, Jon Langford of the Mekons, Sharyn McCrumb, Luc Sante, Joyce Carol Oates, Dave Marsh, and more than a dozen other novelists, essayists, performers, and critics--to explore the ineffable power of the American ballad. From "Barbara Allen" through "The Wreck of the Old 97" to contemporary ballads by Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen, "The Rose & the Briar" is, as Geoffrey O'Brien hailed in the "Los Angeles Times Book Review," "a book full of internal echoes and provocative coincidences," featuring "historical investigation, shamanistic trance-journey, memoir, novella and cartoon," where "names and costumes change, soldiers become cowboys, demon lovers become backwoods murderers...the voices are unmistakably distinct but they share a common ground." 25 illustrations.

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• Editore: W W Norton & Co Inc
• Data di pubblicazione: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0393328252
• ISBN 13: 9780393328257
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 405
• Redattore: Wilentz Sean, Marcus Greil