Perry Meisel

The Myth of Popular Culture (eBook, PDF)

From Dante to Dylan

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Produktbeschreibung

The Myth of Popular Culture In this fascinating examination of popular culture, esteemed cultural critic Perry Meisel shatters conventionally held notions about the division between "high" and "low" culture with the provocative theory that popular culture has sustained dialectical rhythms. Meisel's deft critical analysis of three enduring cultural traditions -- the American novel, Hollywood, and British and American rock music -- leads us to question the very concept of the division between "high" and "low" culture. Meisel begins his engaging discussion by refuting philosopher Theodor Adorno's assertion that "high" culture is "dialectical" and "pop" is not, showing that popular culture does indeed have a conversation both with its sources and with cultural authority as a whole. In the final section, Meisel turns his attention to Bob Dylan, a figure who, more than any other, shows what it means to synthesize and revise all traditions -- music, poetry, iconography -- and transform them completely. Brilliantly conceived and clearly articulated, The Myth of Popular Culture from Dante to Dylan redefines the way in which we think about all forms of artistic expression.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. November 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781444317503
• Artikelnr.: 38308595

Autorenporträt

Perry Meisel is Professor of English at New York University. His books include The Myth of the Modern (1987), The Cowboy and the Dandy (1999), and The Literary Freud (2007). He has also written widely for publications that include The Village Voice, The New York Times, Partisan Review, and October.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface.

Acknowledgments.

Part I: "The Battle of the Brows".

Part II: Dialectics of Pop.

Part III: The World of Bob Dylan .

Works Cited.

Rezensionen

"Perry Meisel's study of popular culture is asurprising enhancement of received opinion and common wisdom onthat vexed subject. Moving from Shakespeare through Freud on toBobby Dylan would seem something of a descent, yet Meisel providesa perspective that has its own descriptive justice. Even if I amnot wholly persuaded that Dylan's ultimate importance is assublime as Meisel ventures it to be, I am given much here tointrigue me."
--Harold Bloom

"Perry Meisel has written a boundary-smashing critique ofthe myth that popular culture is distinct from and inferior to thefine arts."
--Richard Goldstein, Hunter College of the City University ofNew York

"... stunning in its originality, breadth, erudition, and in itsunderstanding of the transatlantic evolution of popularculture."
--Josephine G. Hendin, New York University