Bruce Springsteen and philosophy
By: edited by Randall E. Auxier and Doug Anderson.
Contributors: Auxier, Randall E., 1961-; Anderson, Douglas R.
Series: Popular culture and philosophy -- vol. 32
Publisher: Open Court
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 302
ISBN-13: 9780812696479
Subjects: Springsteen, Bruce -- Criticism and interpretation; Rock music -- United States -- History and criticism; Music and philosophy
Description: "Essays examine philosophical aspects of rock musician Bruce Springsteen's music, lyrics, and legacy"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The ride it ain't free (and I'm no hero). Prophets and profits : poets, preachers and pragmatists / Randall E. Auxier ; Who's the boss? : Springsteen on the alienation and salvation of work and labor / Steven Michels ; They play guitars all night and all day : on the ethics of encores / Steven Gimbel ; Where were you born, Bruce Springsteen, and what does it matter? / John Shook ; On the cover of the rolling stone : revolution in the U.S.A. / Doug Anderson and Russell Anderson; title: Mary's dress waves. Blinded by the subterranean homesick muse : the poet as virtuous and virtuoso / Randall E. Auxier ; Racing in the street : freedom, feminism, and collateral damage / Doug Anderson ; An everlasting kiss : the seduction of Wendy / Randall E. Auxier; title: It's a town full of losers (and maybe we ain't that young anymore). Driving with Springsteen into the darkness at the edge of the world / James Couch ; Thunder Road / Gary L. Herstein ; Everything dies : facing fatalism in 'Atlantic City' / John Jacob Kaag ; Living on the edge : a reason to believe / Erin McKenna and Scott Pratt ; Living in 'my hometown' : local philosophies for troubled times / Heather E. Keith ; Bruce Springsteen or philosophy / Michael Ventimiglia; title: These two lanes will take us anywhere. Straight time : images of oppression / Luke Dick ; Whatever you say, Boss, or, What the Thunder Road said / Michael F. Patton, Jr ; A little of that human touch : knowledge and empathy in the music of Bruce Springsteen / Scott Calef ; Socrates the sculptor, Springsteen the poet : philosophy and art against the tyrants / Jason M. Bell and Jessica Bell ; Elvis, 57 channels, and a .44 magnum : a cross-section of Springsteen's imagination / Randall E. Auxier.