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The Shape of Things to Come: Prophecy and the American Voice
Greil Marcus
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Description for The Shape of Things to Come: Prophecy and the American Voice
Paperback. Untangles the story of America's covenant with itself - the idealism, horror, eloquence and violence integral to its founding narratives. This account moves back and forth between culture and politics, and with deep dives into the work of a few artists who strikingly dramatise the challenge America poses to each of its citizens. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 266.
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.
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.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Faber and Faber
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780571221578
SKU
V9780571221578
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About Greil Marcus
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 ... Read more
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