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Nick Cave: A Study of Love, Death and Apocolypse (Studies in Popular Music)
Roland Boer
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Description for Nick Cave: A Study of Love, Death and Apocolypse (Studies in Popular Music)
Paperback. This study analyses the work of Nick Cave, a singular, idiosyncratic and brilliant musician, specifically through his engagements with theology and the Bible. It does so not merely in terms of his written work - the novels and plays and poetry and lyrics that he continues to produce - but also the music itself. Series: Studies in Popular Music. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: AVGP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 8. Weight in Grams: 256.
This study analyses the work of Nick Cave, a singular, idiosyncratic and brilliant musician, specifically through his engagements with theology and the Bible. It does so not merely in terms of his written work - the novels and plays and poetry and lyrics that he continues to produce - but also the music itself. Covering more than three decades of extraordinarily diverse creativity, this book explores such themes as the depravity of the worlds invoked in Cave's novels and other written work, the consistent invocation of apocalyptic, his restoration of death as a valid dimension of ... Read more
This study analyses the work of Nick Cave, a singular, idiosyncratic and brilliant musician, specifically through his engagements with theology and the Bible. It does so not merely in terms of his written work - the novels and plays and poetry and lyrics that he continues to produce - but also the music itself. Covering more than three decades of extraordinarily diverse creativity, this book explores such themes as the depravity of the worlds invoked in Cave's novels and other written work, the consistent invocation of apocalyptic, his restoration of death as a valid dimension of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Equinox Publishing
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
Series
Studies in Popular Music
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781781790342
SKU
V9781781790342
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About Roland Boer
Roland Boer is Research Professor at the University of Newcastle, Australia. His most recent book is Marxist Criticism of the Bible (2003), and his research is mostly focused on the intersections between biblical studies and critical theory.
Reviews for Nick Cave: A Study of Love, Death and Apocolypse (Studies in Popular Music)
'Boer tackles Nick Cave's work with a discipline and love that I, as a fan of both men, am grateful for.' Barry Taylor, Fuller Theological Seminary, Imaginatio et Ratio: A Journal of Theology and the Arts, Volume 1, Issue 2, 2012 'The book will continue to inspire both scholarship about Cave and about the place of the obviously religious ... Read more