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American lonesome : the work of Bruce Springsteen / Gavin Cologne-Brookes.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2018]Copyright date: �2018Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780807169483
  • 080716948X
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: American lonesome.DDC classification:
  • 782.42166092 23
LOC classification:
  • ML420.S77
Online resources: Summary: This book begins with a visit to the Jersey Shore and ends with a meditation on the international legacy of Springsteen's writing, music, and performances. Gavin Cologne-Brookes's innovative study of this popular and musician and his position in American culture blends scholarship with personal reflection, providing both an academic examination of Springsteen's work and a moving account of how it offers a way out of emotional solitude and the potential lonesomeness of modern life. The author proposes that the American philosophical tradition of pragmatism, which assesses the value of ideas and arguments based on their practical applications, provides a lens for understanding the diversity of perspectives and emotions encountere.
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed October 15, 2018).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

This book begins with a visit to the Jersey Shore and ends with a meditation on the international legacy of Springsteen's writing, music, and performances. Gavin Cologne-Brookes's innovative study of this popular and musician and his position in American culture blends scholarship with personal reflection, providing both an academic examination of Springsteen's work and a moving account of how it offers a way out of emotional solitude and the potential lonesomeness of modern life. The author proposes that the American philosophical tradition of pragmatism, which assesses the value of ideas and arguments based on their practical applications, provides a lens for understanding the diversity of perspectives and emotions encountere.

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