Reading the Boss ─ Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Works of Bruce Springsteen
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"This collection focuses explicitly on Bruce Springsteen's literary connectionsuto the authors Flannery O'Connor, Walker Percy, and John Steinbeck (among others)uand to the tensions in his songcraft, whether of rebellion and rootedness, or gender and blue-collar ethnic masculinity. In contrast to a discourse often filled with praise-song, these essays instead hone in on the artistic elements Springsteen wields to create moments of redemption for his everyday, alienated, working-class characters."uJoel Dinerstein, associate professor in the Department of English at Tulane University
Reading the Boss: Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Works of Bruce Springsteen, edited by Roxanne Harde and Irwin Streight, draws together close readings of Bruce Springsteen's lyrics by scholars across a range of academic disciplines. The editors first make a compelling comparison between Bruce Springsteen and William Shakespeare, carefully building the argument that both men offer profound insight into the hungry human heart. Springsteen, they argue, uses many Shakespearean themes such as the ties of blood and friendship, commitment to country and community, the monsters of lust and jealousy, vanity and power, and the hopeful pursuit of real love. These themes lift his music beyond stories of characters casing the Promised Land of America to universal matters of the heart's truth wherever it is found.
The twelve chapters of Reading the Boss, written by established and emerging scholars, engage readers both critically and enthusiastically with central issues in Bruce SpringsteenAs writing,. as they read his explorations of gender place religion, philosophy, and other literary texts, notably the works of Walker Percy and Flannery O'Connor. Driven by arguments grounded in a wide variety of theoretical and critical positions, these essays offer a comprehensive and accessible discussion of Springsteen's oeuvre from Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. to Working on a Dream-that will appeal to both specialist readers and Springsteen tans alike
Roxanne Harde is associate professor of English at the University of Alberta.
Irwin Streight is associate professor of English at the Royal Military College of Canada.
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