Michael Gray est un critique, écrivain et animateur de radio distingué, reconnu comme une autorité mondiale sur l'œuvre de Bob Dylan. Son expertise s'étend en profondeur à l'histoire du rock'n'roll, avec un intérêt particulier pour le blues d'avant-guerre et les récits de voyage. L'approche de Gray est analytique, se concentrant sur le développement artistique, les préoccupations thématiques et les innovations stylistiques de la musique qu'il étudie. Il offre des perspectives profondes sur le métier et l'importance culturelle des musiciens, fournissant un examen académique mais accessible de leur production créative.
1st edn (Special edition 287 of 550). 8vo. Original gilt lettered black cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. 351, illus with b&w photos (previous owner's neat annotation on title page).
"The Bob Dylan Encyclopedia is the culmination of over thirty years of dedicated research and scholarship by Michael Gray." "Inside these pages, you'll find a world of ideas, facts, and opinions. It's a world in which Baudelaire flows on from the Basement Tapes and A.S. Byatt looks out at the Byrds: in which Far from the Madding Crowd follows Ezekiel and Bob Geldof introduced Jean Genet: and in which Hank and William Carlos Williams stand side by side while J.R.R. Tolkien trails Titanic. Most of all, of course, it's a world in which everyone and everything interconnects with one of our greatest living artists: Bob Dylan."--Jacket
Focusing on the persistent issue of church-inflicted wounds, this book offers hope and healing for individuals struggling with their relationship with God and the church. Drawing from personal experiences of pain caused by church leaders and members, it serves as a guide for both the wounded and church leaders seeking to restore those affected. The insights provided aim to foster understanding and reconciliation within the church community.
Teaching the Holocaust can be a very challenging experience. What content should be included and what should be left out? How can film and literature be integrated into the curriculum? What is the best way to respond to students who resist the idea of learning about it? This book, drawing upon the latest research in the field, offers practical help, advice and guidance on navigating through the many controversies and considerations when planning, preparing and delivering Holocaust education. Whether teaching the subject in History, Religious Education, English or even in a school assembly, there is a wealth of wisdom, which will make the task easier for you and make the learning experience more beneficial for the student.
Provides a definitive retrospective appraisal of almost 40 years of work by one of the 20th centuries most significant artists. The author provides in this new edition fresh material and analysis. The material both updates the book through 1999 and offers major new studies of Dylan's entire oeuvre.
Through dazzling illustrations, specially created maps, and compelling photographs, The Elvis Atlas locates our greatest musical icon in his world and his times. It gives us a rare glimpse at the landscape in which Elvis lived, recorded, performed, and made movies, and a unique perspective on the frantic touring schedules of his early years, the hysteria of the fans, the network TV specials, the army, the movies, and the comeback tour of his final years. Detailed maps and reconstructions, organized in lavish double-page spreads, bring to life the extraordinary story of our greatest cultural phenomenon: The King of Rock and Roll. An indispensable guide for every Elvis fan and for everyone interested in American popular culture, The Elvis Atlas is lavishly illustrated in full-color throughout and filled with unique maps. Elvis's early life at the crossroads of Southern musical culture presented him with an extraordinary variety of musical influences. Through his enormous popularity Elvis brought country, blues, gospel, and rhythm and blues to the mainstream of popular music. In doing so he changed music forever and became the touchstone for all later developments in popular music and culture, worlddwide. But Elvis was the product of a particular time—The Elvis Atlas shows that time and place in a new and facinating light.
