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, c2008.

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Additional Authors

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

Description

xv, 302 p.; 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 ; v. 32

Uniform Title

Popular culture and philosophy ; v. 32.

Subject

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

Genre/Form

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Born to run the USA. Prophets and profits : poets, preachers and pragmatists / Randall E. Auxier ; Who's the boss? : Springsteen on the alienation and salvation of work and labor / Steven Michels ; They play guitars all night and all day : on the ethics of encores / Steven Gimbel ; Where were you born, Bruce Springsteen, and what does it matter? / John Shook ; On the cover of the rolling stone : revolution in the U.S.A. / Doug Anderson and Russell Anderson --When we were wild and innocent. Blinded by the subterranean homesick muse : the poet as virtuous and virtuoso / Randall E. Auxier ; Racing in the street : freedom, feminism, and collateral damage / Doug Anderson ; An everlasting kiss : the seduction of Wendy / Randall E. Auxier -- The dark edges. Driving with Springsteen into the darkness at the edge of the world / James Couch ; Thunder Road / Gary L. Herstein ; Everything dies : facing fatalism in 'Atlantic City' / John Jacob Kaag ; Living on the edge : a reason to believe / Erin McKenna and Scott Pratt ; Living in 'my hometown' : local philosophies for troubled times / Heather E. Keith ; Bruce Springsteen or philosophy / Michael Ventimiglia -- Tom Joad's ghosts. Straight time : images of oppression / Luke Dick ; Whatever you say, Boss, or, What the Thunder Road said / Michael F. Patton, Jr ; A little of that human touch : knowledge and empathy in the music of Bruce Springsteen / Scott Calef ; Socrates the sculptor, Springsteen the poet : philosophy and art against the tyrants / Jason M. Bell and Jessica Bell ; Elvis, 57 channels, and a .44 magnum : a cross-section of Springsteen's imagination / Randall E. Auxier.

ISBN

• 9780812696479
• 0812696476

LCCN

^^2008004034

OCLC

182737884

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library