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Mystery Train by Greil Marcus is universally acclaimed as the benchmark work of modern rock criticism. Marcus's study uses a handful of artists—a brace of bluesmen, The Band, Sly Stone, Randy Newman, and Elvis Presley—to illuminate and interpret the American Dream.
In rigorous prose, the book touches on the myth, landscape, and oral tradition of the continent. This comprehensive, revised edition is a milestone achievement in the effort to establish rock and roll as a fit subject for serious cultural criticism. It includes a new preface by the author.
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INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780571323173
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 04 June 2015
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Faber & Faber
Edition: Main
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 26.0mm
Width: 153.0mm
Height: 235.0mm
Weight: 488g
Pages: 448
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About the Author
Greil Marcus was born in San Francisco in 1945. He is the author of Mystery Train, Invisible Republic, Lipstick Traces, Double Trouble and Bob Dylan: Writings 1968-2010 and the editor of Lester Bangs's Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung. In 1998 he curated the exhibition '1948' at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City. He writes the Real Life Rock Top 10 column for The Believer and teaches at the New School in New York. He was described by John Rockwell in the New York Times as 'a writer of rare perception and a genuinely innovative thinker'. Greil Marcus lives in California.
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