The Art of Nick Cave : New Critical Essays.
Başlık:
The Art of Nick Cave : New Critical Essays.
Yazar:
Baker, John.
ISBN:
9781841507811
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Basım Bilgisi:
1st ed.
Fiziksel Tanımlama:
1 online resource (290 pages)
İçerik:
Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- Introduction: Nick Cave, Twenty-First Century Man -- PART I: Cave, the Songwriter -- Chapter 1: 'Into My Arms': Themes of Desire and Spirituality in The Boatman's Call -- Chapter 2: The Performance of Voice: Nick Cave and the Dialectic of Abandonment -- Chapter 3: 'The College Professor Says It': Using Nick Cave's Lyrics in the University Classroom -- Chapter 4: A Beautiful, Evil Thing: The Music of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds -- PART II: Murder Ballads -- Chapter 5: 'Executioner-Style': Nick Cave and the Murder Ballad Tradition -- Chapter 6: In Praise of Flat-out Meanness: Nick Cave's 'Stagger Lee' -- PART III: Film and Theatre -- Chapter 7: 'You Won't Want the Moment to End': Nick Cave in the Theatre, from King Ink to Collaborating with Vesturport -- Chapter 8: Welcome to Hell: Nick Cave and Ghosts … of the Civil Dead -- Chapter 9: 'People Just Ain't No Good': Nick Cave's Noir Western, The Proposition -- PART IV: Influences -- Chapter 10: Nick Cave and Gothic: Ghost Stories, Fucked Organs, Spectral Liturgy -- Chapter 11: The Singer and the Song: Nick Cave and the Archetypal Function of the Cover Version -- Chapter 12: Nick Cave: The Spirit of the Duende and the Sound of the Rent Heart -- PART V: Sacred and Profane -- Chapter 13: 'There is a Kingdom': Nick Cave, Christian Artist? -- Chapter 14: 'The Time of Our Great Undoing': Love, Madness, Catastrophe and the Secret Afterlife of Romanticism in Nick Cave's Love Songs -- Chapter 15: From 'Cute Cunts' to 'No Pussy': Sexuality, Sovereignty and the Sacred -- Notes on Contributors -- Back Cover.
Özet:
Known for his work as a performer and songwriter with The Birthday Party, the Bad seeds and Grinderman, Australian artist Nick Cave has also pursued a variety of other projects including writing and acting. Covering the full range of Cave's creative endeavours, this collection of critical essays provides a comprehensive overview of his multifaceted career. Contributions come from a diverse group of scholars and experts who consider Cave's work from different angles, drawing on historical, psychological, pedagogical and generic perspectives. Together, the resulting essays provide a lucid overview of Nick Cave's work that will orient students and fans while offering fresh insights sure to deepen even expert perspectives.
Notlar:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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