America is a nation whose sense of righteousness goes hand in hand with paranoia. Greil Marcus explores the influence of culture and politics on the American psyche - and the idealism, horror, eloquence and violence integral to its founding narratives.
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America is a nation whose sense of righteousness goes hand in hand with paranoia. Greil Marcus explores the influence of culture and politics on the American psyche - and the idealism, horror, eloquence and violence integral to its founding narratives.
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The Shape of Things to Come: Prophecy and the American Voice by Griel Marcus, the celebrated author of Lipstick Traces, Mystery Train, and Invisible Republic, is a stunning new book on America and the cultural tributaries that carry its past, present, and future.
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780571221578
Publisert
2007-08-02
Utgiver
Faber & Faber; Faber & Faber
Vekt
270 gr
Høyde
197 mm
Bredde
126 mm
Dybde
22 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
336

Forfatter

Om bidragsyterne

Greil Marcus was born in San Francisco in 1945. He is the author of Mystery Train, Invisible Republic, Lipstick Traces and Double Trouble, and the editor of Lester Bangs's Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung. In 1998 he curated the exhibition '1948' at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City. Marcus writes a bi-weekly column for salon.com and a monthly column for Interview. He was described by John Rockwell in the New York Times as 'a writer of rare perception and a genuinely innovative thinker'. Greil Marcus lives in Berkeley, California.