The Superhuman Crew

The Superhuman Crew

Author: James Ensor

Publisher: Getty Publications

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 40

ISBN-13: 9780892365524

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"The Superhuman Crew" brings together two visionary works of art--Ensor's masterpiece, "Christ's Entry intro Bussels in 1889" and Dylan's "Desolation Row"--in a surprising, thought-provoking format. 48 color illustrations.


Super Human

Super Human

Author: Michael Carroll

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2010-05-13

Total Pages: 251

ISBN-13: 1101187697

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Four thousand years ago the world’s first super human walked the earth. Possessing the strength of one hundred men, skin impervious to attack, and the ability to read minds, this immortal being used his power to conquer and enslave nations. Now plans are in motion that will transport this super human to the present, where he’ll usher in a new age of tyranny unlike anything the world has ever seen. Determined to stand against them, using powers they’ve only just begun to master, is a ragtag group of young heroes. For them this first test may be their greatest . . . and last. Watch a Video


THE SUPER HUMAN

THE SUPER HUMAN

Author: Wayne Castronovo

Publisher: Dorrance Publishing

Published: 2022-08-24

Total Pages: 190

ISBN-13: 1685374077

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THE SUPER HUMAN By: Wayne Castronovo The Super Human follows the adventures of a man born with special physical and mental abilities as he experiences life from birth to manhood.


The Lyrics

The Lyrics

Author: Bob Dylan

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 688

ISBN-13: 1451648766

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The Oxford Book of American Poetry

The Oxford Book of American Poetry

Author: David Lehman

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 1193

ISBN-13: 019516251X

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Redefines the great canon of American poetry from its origins in the 17th century right up to the present.


Anyone Can Do It: Empowerment, Tradition and the Punk Underground

Anyone Can Do It: Empowerment, Tradition and the Punk Underground

Author: Pete Dale

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-04-15

Total Pages: 277

ISBN-13: 1317180240

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For more than three decades, a punk underground has repeatedly insisted that 'anyone can do it'. This underground punk movement has evolved via several micro-traditions, each offering distinct and novel presentations of what punk is, isn't, or should be. Underlying all these punk micro-traditions is a politics of empowerment that claims to be anarchistic in character, in the sense that it is contingent upon a spontaneous will to liberty (anyone can do it - in theory). How valid, though, is punk's faith in anarchistic empowerment? Exploring theories from Derrida and Marx, Anyone Can Do It: Empowerment, Tradition and the Punk Underground examines the cultural history and politics of punk. In its political resistance, punk bears an ideological relationship to the folk movement, but punk's faith in novelty and spontaneous liberty distinguish it from folk: where punk's traditions, from the 1970s onwards, have tended to search for an anarchistic 'new-sense', folk singers have more often been socialist/Marxist traditionalists, especially during the 1950s and 60s. Detailed case studies show the continuities and differences between four micro-traditions of punk: anarcho-punk, cutie/'C86', riot grrrl and math rock, thus surveying UK and US punk-related scenes of the 1980s, 1990s and beyond.


Why Are We Always Indoors?

Why Are We Always Indoors?

Author: Paul Armstrong

Publisher: eBook Partnership

Published: 2020-08-10

Total Pages: 517

ISBN-13: 1785318071

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Why Are We Always Indoors? (...unless we're off to Barnard Castle) is a personal chronicle of the strangest and darkest football close season in modern history. Having studied politics at university, Paul Armstrong spent much of his career running BBC TV's Match of the Day, then wrote the memoir Why Are We Always On Last? which was published in 2019. In March 2020, he embarked on a journal of London lockdown life against the backdrop of the coronavirus pandemic. This eventually spanned the 105 days between MOTD's Premier League highlights being removed from the schedules and returning in June. Musings and anecdotes about sport, TV, music and life under lockdown became increasingly overshadowed by the mounting tragedy, and a sense of despair and anger at how the crisis was handled at the highest level. This was informed by a lifetime of studying and following politics and by a network of contacts from television and sport, and in various other affected walks of life. A first-hand account of a slice of living history, conveyed with dark humour and a sense of urgency and immediacy.


The Political Art of Bob Dylan

The Political Art of Bob Dylan

Author: David Boucher

Publisher: Andrews UK Limited

Published: 2017-05-15

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13: 1845406524

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Bob Dylan is one of the most significant figures in popular culture. In this book, the authors provide a multi-faceted analysis of his political art. They address Dylan's career as a whole, dealing with such themes as alienation, protest, non-conformity, the American Dream, modernity and postmodernism and pivotal moments of Dylan's career such as the ‘Judas’ accusation at the 1966 Manchester Free Trade Hall concert and Dylan’s comments on the need to aid American farmers at Live Aid, 1985. Dylan’s songs are analysed for their political meaning and for the songs in contemporary American political and popular culture. As notable specialists in the fields of political theory, literary criticism and popular culture the authors examine Dylan’s work from a variety of perspectives—aesthetic theory, Kant, Adorno, Lyotard, Lorca and Collingwood. Collectively, they question how Dylan’s work relates to the theory and practice of politics. In this second revised and expanded edition, the chapters have been revised and rewritten, with a new introduction exploring the enigma of Bob Dylan throughout the whole of his career and with a completely new Bob Dylan Timeline integrating Dylan’s life, songs and actions into the historical events that shaped his views. Two new chapters have been added, one focusing on the late Dylan, Masked and Anonymous and Love and Theft and another on Dylan at Live Aid and his stance on Farm Aid. This book is a must for anyone seriously interested in the legendary Bob Dylan.


Watchmen as Literature

Watchmen as Literature

Author: Sara J. Van Ness

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2014-11-29

Total Pages: 221

ISBN-13: 0786490071

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Watchmen has been hailed as the quintessential graphic novel and has spawned a body of literary criticism since its 1986 initial appearance in installments. This work explores the graphic novel's reception in both popular and scholarly arenas and how the conceptual relationship between images and words affects the reading experience. Other topics include heroism as a stereotype, the hero's journey, the role of the narrator, and the way in which the graphic layout manipulates the reader's perception of time and space. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.


R.D. Laing: His Work and its Relevance for Sociology (RLE Social Theory)

R.D. Laing: His Work and its Relevance for Sociology (RLE Social Theory)

Author: Martin Howarth-Williams

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-08-07

Total Pages: 263

ISBN-13: 1317651235

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This study, by a sociologist, provides the most rigorous and comprehensive review to appear so far of R. D. Laing's work and theoretical development. Martin Howarth-Williams considers that Laing's insights into such controversial issues as the divided self and the politics of the family are of an importance that transcends their basis in clinical psychiatry and that they have a special significance for sociology. Using the Progressive/Regressive Method of Jean-Paul Sartre, the author illuminates the internal coherence of Laing's aims through the various stages of his work and shows how his ideas are shaped by consistent philosophic presuppositions and influences underlying his work. To give as complete an account as possible of Laing's interests and to relate them to the broad stream of his thought, the author explores Laing's involvement in other non-psychiatric realms – especially politics, religion and eastern mysticism. Material has been secured from a wide variety of recent sources which include interviews, films, TV appearances and the author's own personal recollections of informal talks given by Laing. In the final section of the book Martin Howarth-Williams isolates the concept of 'Intelligibility', which he demonstrates to be the unifying theme central to Laing's theory and shows how this can be used as the basis for a critique of recent developments in sociological theory as well as a starting point towards a genuinely dialectical sociology.