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Full Record
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Record 1 out of 10
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System number
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014629672
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Cataloguing level
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Full record
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Title
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 Bruce Springsteen and philosophy : darkness on the edge of truth / edited by Randall E. Auxier and Doug Anderson.
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Publisher/year
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Chicago : Open Court, 2008.
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Physical descr.
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xv, 302 p. ; 23 cm.
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Series
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( Popular culture and philosophy ; vol. 32)
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Bibliography etc.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Contents
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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 -- 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 -- 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 -- 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.
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Summary, etc.
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Essays examine philosophical aspects of rock musician Bruce Springsteen’s music, lyrics, and legacy --Provided by publisher.
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Person as subject
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Springsteen, Bruce -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Subject
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Rock music -- United States -- History and criticism.
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Music and philosophy.
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Added name
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Auxier, Randall E., 1961-
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Anderson, Douglas R.
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Series
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( Popular culture and philosophy ; vol. 32)
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Holdings (All)
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Details
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Shelfmark
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6550.329500 v. 32 DSC Request
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Geog. area code
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ISBN
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9780812696479 (trade paper : alk. paper)
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Dewey class. no.
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782.42166092 22
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