Morrissey: The Pageant of His Bleeding Heart - Rilegato

Hopps, Gavin

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ISBN 10: 082641866X ISBN 13: 9780826418661

Casa editrice: Continuum Intl Pub Group, 2009

Riassunto

Examines the career of the British pop star from his days as the lead singer of The Smiths through his successful solo career, and explores the complex attitudes and perspectives expressed in his lyrics.

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Recensione:

If you want a further rehash of Morrissey's collaboration with Johnny Marr and the Smiths or another speculative inquiry into his love life, then this book is NOT for you. If, however, you have been longing for a thoughtful, respectful reading of Morrissey's lyrics in terms of theme, word choice and strategy, as well as an analysis of his work in the specific context of Britain and Ireland's literary greats (Wilde, Larkin, Rossetti, Joyce, Betjeman, Beckett, Joyce), then you should buy this book immediately and prepare for an enjoyable read. "Morrissey: The Pageant of his Bleeding Heart" adroitly brings together many observations of Morrissey's work (its simultaneous emphasis on despair and levity; its tendency to dwell on the eccentric, the infirm, the monstrous; the attempts at finding a way to live and love in a world beset by categorization, failure and embarrassment, etc.) and weaves them into a coherent whole. What is most striking is how Hopps is somehow able to articulate what many Morrissey devotees have felt (ok--what I have felt!), sensed or loved about his work but have as yet been unable to express in so eloquent a fashion. Hopps' work, with its judicious use of literary criticism and passionate emphasis on always going back to the source--Morrissey's words--, makes one long for a print edition of Morrissey's complete lyrics. "The Pageant of His Bleeding Heart" is an intelligent examination of the artist--one that Morrissey very much deserves and one that we have been needing for a very long time. --Regina Agricola, Chatham, VA USA)

L'autore:

Gavin Hopps is the Research Council's UK Academic Fellow in the School of Divinity at St. Mary's College, the University of St. Andrews, Scotland.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Continuum Intl Pub Group
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 082641866X
• ISBN 13: 9780826418661
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 302