Establishing a fusion of literary and serious pop culture, this collection of challenging essays brings together writers and singers who share a common thread of creativity from the cutting edge of their given field. Considering singers ranging from Frank Sinatra and Leonard Cohen to Marc Almond and Scott Walker, this examination also explores writers as diverse as Lautramont, Eugenio Montale, Jean Genet, and Oscar Wilde as well as confronts the subjects of angels in poetry and poetry and magic. An insightful piece on ...
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Establishing a fusion of literary and serious pop culture, this collection of challenging essays brings together writers and singers who share a common thread of creativity from the cutting edge of their given field. Considering singers ranging from Frank Sinatra and Leonard Cohen to Marc Almond and Scott Walker, this examination also explores writers as diverse as Lautramont, Eugenio Montale, Jean Genet, and Oscar Wilde as well as confronts the subjects of angels in poetry and poetry and magic. An insightful piece on Aleister Crowley and the left-handed path is also included.
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First Paperback Edition. 8vo. pp 175. Large format paperback. Signed by the author on the title page, with an inked limitation in purple ink, "This is No. 13 out of 26 signed-Jeremy Reed." Overleaf a long quotation in Jeremy Reed's hand, "In the photograph of Jean Genet I keep on my writing table, he stands contemplatirely with his back to the Seine, his eyes focused on Philippe Halsman, who is out of the picture, its is 1951, a Genet is forty." ISBN: 0720610524 Fine.