Research Catalog

Title

Bruce Springsteen and philosophy : darkness on the edge of truth / edited by Randall E. Auxier and Doug Anderson.

Publication

Chicago : Open Court, [2008], ©2008.

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Additional Authors

• Auxier, Randall E., 1961-
• Anderson, Douglas R.

Description

xv, 302 pages; 23 cm.

Summary

"Essays examine philosophical aspects of rock musician Bruce Springsteen's music, lyrics, and legacy"--Provided by publisher.

Series Statement

Popular culture and philosophy ; vol. 32

Uniform Title

Popular culture and philosophy ; v. 32.

Subjects

• Rock music > United States > History and criticism
• Springsteen, Bruce > Criticism and interpretation
• Music and philosophy

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

"I Got this Guitar and I Learned How to Make It Talk" / Randall E. Auxier and Doug Anderson -- I. Born to Run the USA -- 1. Prophets and Profits: Poets, Preachers and Pragmatists / Randall E. Auxier -- 2. Who's the Boss? Springsteen on the Alienation and Salvation of Work and Labor / Steven Michels -- 3. They Play Guitars All Night and All Day: On the Ethics of Encores / Steven Gimbel -- 4. Where Were You Born, Bruce Springsteen, and What Does It Matter? / John Shook -- 5. On the Cover of the Rolling Stone: Revolution in the U.S.A. / Doug Anderson and Russell Anderson -- II. When We Were Wild and Innocent -- 6. Blinded by the Subterranean Homesick Muse: The Poet as Virtuous and Virtuoso / Randall E. Auxier -- 7. Racing in the Street: Freedom, Feminism, and Collateral Damage / Doug Anderson -- 8. An Everlasting Kiss: The Seduction of Wendy / Randall E. Auxier -- III. The Dark Edges -- 9. Driving with Springsteen into the Darkness at the Edge of the World / James Couch -- 10. Thunder Road / Gary L. Herstein -- 11. Everything Dies: Facing Fatalism in "Atlantic City" / John Jacob Kaag -- 12. Living on the Edge: A Reason to Believe / Erin McKenna and Scott Pratt -- 13. Living in "My Hometown": Local Philosophies for Troubled Times / Heather E. Keith -- 14. Bruce Springsteen or Philosophy / Michael Ventimiglia -- IV. Tom Joad's Ghosts -- 15. Straight Time: Images of Oppression / Luke Dick -- 16. Whatever You Say, Boss: Or, What the Thunder Road Said / Michael F. Patton, Jr. -- 17. A Little of that Human Touch: Knowledge and Empathy in the Music of Bruce Springsteen / Scott Calef -- 18. Socrates the Sculptor, Springsteen the Singer: Philosophy and Art Against the Tyrants / Jason M. Bell and Jessica Bell -- 19. Elvis, 57 Channels, and a .44 Magnum: A Cross-Section of Springsteen's Imagination / Randall E. Auxier -- V. Greetings from... -- Proper Names in Springsteen Lyrics -- Hey. That's Me.

ISBN

• 9780812696479 (trade paper : alk. paper)
• 0812696476 (trade paper : alk. paper)

LCCN

• 2008004034
• 40015439565

OCLC

• ocn182737884
• 182737884
• SCSB-9095098

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries