Bruce Springsteen: American Poet and Prophet

Bruce Springsteen: American Poet and Prophet

by Donald L. Deardorff II
Bruce Springsteen: American Poet and Prophet

Bruce Springsteen: American Poet and Prophet

by Donald L. Deardorff II

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Overview

Bruce Springsteen: American Poet and Prophet by literary critic Donald L. Deardorff II classifies and explains Springsteen’s remarkable reception as it evolved from small beginnings in the Jersey shore bars of the 1970s to worldwide fame today. This book thoughtfully considers the trenchant commentary Springsteen’s albums make on the mythology of the American Dream, working-class concerns, the changing character of American masculinity, the relationship between Americans and their government, the importance of social justice, and the evocation of an American spirit.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780810884267
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date: 12/01/2013
Series: Tempo: A Rowman & Littlefield Music Series on Rock, Pop, and Culture
Pages: 218
Product dimensions: 6.30(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Donald L. Deardorff II has taught courses in American literature and literary criticism at Cedarville University in Ohio since 1996. He is the author of several books on American masculinity and sports in American culture.

Table of Contents

Foreword vii

Timeline xi

Introduction: The Land of Hope and Dreams xxxi

1 Adam Raised a Cain: Biographical and Musical Influences 1

2 Those Romantic Young Boys: Reviving the Quest in the 1970s 23

3 Streets of Fire: Working-Class Heroes 45

4 Boys Try to Look So Hard: Reinventing Masculinity 67

5 I Had a Brother at Khe Sahn: Redefining Patriotism in an Age of War 87

6 It Ain't No Sin to Be Glad You're Alive: Social Justice 107

7 Deliver Me from Nowhere: Redemptive Myth 125

8 The Ministry of Rock 'n' Roll 143

Further Reading 159

Further Listening 163

Index 171

About the Author 175

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