The Routledge Handbook of Progressive Rock, Metal, and the Literary Imagination (1) (Routledge Music Handbooks)

Synopsis

This Handbook illustrates the many ways that progressive rock and metal music forge striking engagements with literary texts and themes.The authors and their objects of analytic inquiry offer global and diverse perspectives on these genres and their literary connections: from ancient times to the modern world, from children’s literature to epic poetry, from mythology to science fiction, and from esoteric fantasy to harsh political criticism. The musical treatments of these literary materials span the continents from South and North America through Europe and Asia. The collection presents critical perspectives on the enduring and complex relationships between words and music as these are expressed in progressive rock and metal.The book is aimed primarily at an academic market, valuable for second- through final-year students on undergraduate courses devoted to both popular music and to literary studies, and to postgraduate programs and researchers in a range of fields, including popular music studies, musicology, creative music performance and composition, songwriting, literary studies, narrative studies, folklore studies, science fiction studies, cultural studies, liberal studies, and sociology, and for media and history courses that have an interest in the intersection of narratives, music, and society.

Copyright:

2025

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

Book Size:

472 Pages

ISBN-13:

9781040297124

Related ISBNs:

9781003320432, 9781032340739, 9781040297087

Publisher:

Taylor & Francis

Date of Addition:

02/26/25

Copyrighted By:

selection and editorial matter, Chris Anderton and Lori Burns

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

History, Nonfiction, Music

Submitted By:

Bookshare Staff

Usage Restrictions:

This is a copyrighted book.

Edited by:

Chris Anderton

Edited by:

Lori Burns