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In The Shape of Things to Come , Greil Marcus untangles the story of America's covenant with itself -and the idealism, horror, eloquence and violence integral to its founding narratives. In a thrilling account that moves back and forth between culture and politics, and with deep dives into the work of a few artists who strikingly dramatize the challenge America poses to each of its citizens - Herman Melville and Raymond Chandler, Philip Roth and David Lynch, Bill Pullman and Sheryl Lee, David Thomas of Pere Ubu and Allen Ginsberg - Marcus captures a story that is constantly being remade and retold, in voices at once paranoid and sardonic, inspiring and terrifying.
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The Shape of Things to Come, Greil Marcus
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- Released
- 2006
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- Title
- The Shape of Things to Come
- Subtitle
- Prophecy and the American Voice
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Greil Marcus
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Released
- 2006
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 320
- ISBN10
- 0571221564
- ISBN13
- 9780571221561
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Art & Culture, Social Sciences, True Stories, Music Theme, USA, Opinion Journalism & Essays, Film, Culture and Society, Local History, Anthropology, American History, Criticism, Popular Culture
- Description
- In The Shape of Things to Come , Greil Marcus untangles the story of America's covenant with itself -and the idealism, horror, eloquence and violence integral to its founding narratives. In a thrilling account that moves back and forth between culture and politics, and with deep dives into the work of a few artists who strikingly dramatize the challenge America poses to each of its citizens - Herman Melville and Raymond Chandler, Philip Roth and David Lynch, Bill Pullman and Sheryl Lee, David Thomas of Pere Ubu and Allen Ginsberg - Marcus captures a story that is constantly being remade and retold, in voices at once paranoid and sardonic, inspiring and terrifying.