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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Mus, Francis (1983-....)
Titre(s) : The demons of Leonard Cohen [Texte imprimé] / Francis Mus ; with a foreword by Brian Trehearne ; translation by Laura Vroomen
Traduction de : Demonen van Leonard Cohen
Publication : Ottawa, Ontario : Presses de l'Université d'Ottawa = University of Ottawa Press,
2020
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XXII-247 p.) : illustrations (some colour) ; 23 cm
Collection : Études canadiennes
Lien à la collection : International Canadian studies series
Note(s) : Translation of: De demonen van Leonard Cohen. Translation by Laura Vroomen. - Includes bibliographical references
"Who speaks in Leonard Cohen's oeuvre? By identifying the many guises in which Cohen
presents himself to his audience, Francis Mus seeks to formulate an answer to this
question. The countless roles assumed by Cohen's persona are not some innocent game,
but strategies in response to the sometimes conflicting demands of a 'life in art':
they serve as masks that represent the performer's face and state of mind in a heightened
yet detached way. In and around the artistic work, they are embodied in different
guises or 'demons': image (the poser), artistry (the writer and singer), alienation
(the stranger and the confidant), religion (the worshipper, prophet, or priest), and
power (the powerful or powerless). Ultimately, Cohen's artistic practice can be read
as an attempt at forging interpersonal contact. The wide international circulation
of Cohen's work has resulted in a partial severing with the context of its creation.
Much of it has filtered through the public image forged by the artist and his critics
in concerts, interviews and reflective texts. Consequently, this monograph is less
a biography than a reception study, supplemented with extensive archival research,
unpublished documents, and interviews with colleagues and privileged witnesses. At
the same time, this book sheds new light on the dynamic of a comprehensive oeuvre
spanning a period of sixty years."
Autre(s) auteur(s) : Trehearne, Brian (1957-....). Préfacier
Vroomen, Laura. Traducteur
Sujet(s) : Cohen, Leonard (1934-2016) -- Critique et interprétation
Indice(s) Dewey :
782.421 64092 (23e éd.) = Chansons populaires occidentales - Biographie
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780776631219. - ISBN 9780776631226. - ISBN 9780776631233. - ISBN 0776631217.
- ISBN 0776631225. - ISBN 0776631233. - ISBN 9780776631202 (erroné)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb46681091c
Notice n° :
FRBNF46681091
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : INTRODUCTION Leonard Cohen, who are you? ; 1. IMAGE On the self-representation in
the music ; 2. ARTISTRY On the relationship between maker, work, and audience ;
3. ALIENATION From local embeddedness and global exile to universal aspirations and
back again ; INTERMEZZO 1. “ANOTHER VOCABULARY” A writer in search of his language
(1): Case study of an unpublished short story ; INTERMEZZO 2. “DON'T FOLLOW THE STORY,
FOLLOW THE EMOTION” A writer in search of his language (2): The international reception
of Beautiful Losers ; 4. RELIGION How the priest, prophet, and believer serve artistic
expression ; 5. POWER Artistic personas caught between vulnerability and authority
; INTERMEZZO 3. “EVERYONE MUST FALL” 195 Freedom as consciousness: About longing and
loss ; 6. ENCOUNTER “The only song I ever had” ; APPENDIX À tout prendre [Take
it all] – Leonard Cohen, Claude Jutra, and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and
Sciences
