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Pre-Owned The Shape of Things to Come: Prophecy and the American Voice (Paperback) 0312426429 9780312426422

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Book Details: This pre-owned paperback is titled "The Shape of Things to Come: Prophecy and the American Voice" with ISBN10: 0312426429 and EAN: 9780312426422.
Author & Genre: Authored by Greil Marcus, the book falls under the HISTORY / United States / General genre.
Critical Acclaim: The book was recognized as a New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice, a San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of the Year, and a London Times Literary Supplement Best Book of the Year.
Thematic Focus: It explores American identity, tracing the nation's self-invention from Puritan beginnings to its prophetic voice in contemporary art.
Prophetic Voice: Marcus examines how the prophetic voice, initially political, shifted to individual artists like Philip Roth, David Lynch, and Martin Luther King, Jr.
Pre-Owned Condition: Pages may contain limited notes and highlighting, and the copy might include 'From the library of' labels or previous owner inscriptions.
Accessory Exclusion: Accessories such as CDs, codes, or toys are not guaranteed to be included with this pre-owned item.

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Publication date
August, 2007
Pages
336
Reading level
Grade 2
Edition
First Edition

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A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice A San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of the Year A London Times Literary Supplement Best Book of the Year In this exhilarating and kaleidoscopic investigation of American identity, Greil Marcus traces the nation's fable of self invention from its earliest Puritan beginnings to its successive retellings in the work of diverse contemporary artists. Marcus considers the birth of America as a New Jerusalem, a place of promises so vast that they could only be betrayed--and how from that betrayal emerged the nation's prophetic voice, the voice that calls America's citizens to self-judgment. Over the course of our history, Marcus finds that the prophetic voice has sounded less and less in the political realm--where it can be heard in the words of John Winthrop, Abraham Lincoln, and Martin Luther King, Jr.--and more in the work of individual artists, including Philip Roth, David Lynch, Sinclair Lewis, John Dos Passos, David Thomas of Pere Ubu, Allen Ginsberg, the band Heavens to Betsy, Bill Pullman, and Sheryl Lee. In The Shape of Things to Come, the past and the present merge in the most extraordinary and surprising ways. Greil Marcus presents a stirring, and frightening, portrait of our country, our ideals, and ourselves.

Title: The Shape of Things to Come: Prophecy and the American Voice
Book Format: Paperback
ISBN10: 0312426429
EAN: 9780312426422
Genre: HISTORY / United States / General
Author: Marcus, Greil
Pre-Owned Condition- Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include 'From the library of' labels or previous owner inscriptions. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included.

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HISTORY / United States / General

Publication date

August, 2007

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