The Rock Music Imagination explores creativity in classic rock, its roots in the blues, and its wide cultural impact. The romantic strains of rock imagination are examined in the songs of popular rock bands, the sixties counterculture, science fiction, the rock music novel, and rock’s attention to human rights in the global community.
The Rock Music Imagination explores creativity in classic rock, its roots in the blues, and its wide cultural impact. The romantic strains of rock imagination are examined in the songs of popular rock bands, the sixties counterculture, science fiction, the rock music novel, and rock’s attention to human rights in the global community.
Robert McParland is Professor of English and the Humanities at Felician University, USA. He is a singer-songwriter who holds degrees in arts administration, literary studies, and cultural history. His books include Beyond Gatsby: How Fitzgerald, Hemingway and Other Writers of the 1920s Shaped American Literature (2015), Citizen Steinbeck (2016), and Rock Music Imagination (2019), all published by Bloomsbury.
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction: Themes in Classic Rock Music: Rebellion, Utopia, and Liberation Chapter One: Listening to the Blues Chapter Two: The Imaginative Legacy of the Beats: Countercultural Utopia Chapter Three: Science Fiction Imagination and Fantasy in Progressive Rock Chapter Four: The End of the World as We Know It: Rock Music Dystopia Chapter Five: Rock Romanticism: Power Chords and the Imaginary Company: Chapter Six: Paperback Writers: Rock Music and Fiction Chapter Seven: Human Rights, Community, and Global Rock
Introduction: Themes in Classic Rock Music: Rebellion, Utopia, and Liberation Chapter One: Listening to the Blues Chapter Two: The Imaginative Legacy of the Beats: Countercultural Utopia Chapter Three: Science Fiction Imagination and Fantasy in Progressive Rock Chapter Four: The End of the World as We Know It: Rock Music Dystopia Chapter Five: Rock Romanticism: Power Chords and the Imaginary Company: Chapter Six: Paperback Writers: Rock Music and Fiction Chapter Seven: Human Rights, Community, and Global Rock
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