{"product_id":"three-songs-three-singers-three-nations-9780674187085","title":"Three Songs, Three Singers, Three Nations","description":"\u003cp\u003eGreil Marcus has been one of the most distinctive voices in American music criticism for over forty years. His books, including \u003ci\u003eMystery Train \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Shape of Things to Come, \u003c\/i\u003e traverse soundscapes of folk and blues, rock and punk, attuning readers to the surprising, often hidden affinities between the music and broader streams of American politics and culture. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawn from Marcus's 2013 Massey Lectures at Harvard, his new work delves into three episodes in the history of American commonplace song: Bascom Lamar Lunsford's 1928 \"I Wish I Was a Mole in the Ground,\" Geeshie Wiley's 1930 \"Last Kind Words Blues,\" and Bob Dylan's 1964 \"Ballad of Hollis Brown.\" How each of these songs manages to convey the uncanny sense that it was written by no one illuminates different aspects of the commonplace song tradition. Some songs truly did come together over time without an identifiable author. Others draw melodies and motifs from obscure sources but, in the hands of a particular artist, take a final, indelible shape. And, as in the case of Dylan's \"Hollis Brown,\" there are songs that were written by a single author but that communicate as anonymous productions, as if they were folk songs passed down over many generations. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn three songs that seem to be written by no one, Marcus shows, we discover not only three different ways of talking about the United States but three different nations within its formal boundaries.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Greil Marcus\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harvard University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/07\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.10h x 4.70w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780674187085\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2015 pg. 28\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMarcus, Greil:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Greil Marcus is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Doors\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMystery Train\u003c\/i\u003e, and other books.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harvard University Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":40085629370483,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":36.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_f3ce3177-5bb2-4a7c-bf7d-c161f6a54157.jpg?v=1652450658","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/three-songs-three-singers-three-nations-9780674187085","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}