Research Catalog
Elvis Costello
- Title
- Elvis Costello / Dai Griffiths.
- Author
- Griffiths, Dai.
- Publication
- Bloomington, IN : Indiana University Press, [2008], ©2008.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | ML420.C685 G75 2008g | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xi, 220 pages : illustrations; 22 cm.
- Summary
- "This is the first book on Elvis Costello that sets out to avoid chronological presentation, preferring a thematic approach focused on music and words over the nearly thirty years that separate 'Radio Sweetheart' and 'Country Darkness'. In addition to engaging with the songs Costello has performed as a rock musician, this book includes informed discussion of more recent albums such as Painted From Memory, North, and II Sogno. There is also discussion of the essays Costello has written to support CD reissues of his recordings, a substantial body of writing approaching a critical autobiography. The book may contradict expectation, arguing that on all fronts - music, words, voice, instrumental resource - Costello's work broadens and deepens, as he sets himself the task of expanding the range of expressive material available."--BOOK JACKET.
- Series Statement
- Icons of pop music
- Uniform Title
- Icons of pop music.
- Subjects
- Note
- Published in the U.K. by Equinox.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [186]-211), discography (p. [212]-213) and index.
- Contents
- 1. Past -- 2. Music -- 3. Words -- 4. Criticism.
- ISBN
- 9780253220066 :
- 0253220068 :
- LCCN
- 40015679941
- OCLC
- ocn177008572
- 177008572
- SCSB-5422419
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries