Greil Marcus's study of American rock and roll is universally acclaimed as the benchmark work of modern rock criticism. Using a handful of artists - a brace of bluesmen, The Band, Sly Stone, Randy Newman and Elvis Presley - Marcus illuminates and interprets the American Dream in rigorous prose touching on the myth, landscape and oral tradition of the continent. This comprehensive, revised edition of a milestone achievement in the effort to establish rock and roll as a fit subject for serious cultural criticism, includes a new preface by the author.
- ISBN13 9780571227211
- Publish Date 19 May 2005 (first published February 1979)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 28 May 2015
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Faber & Faber
- Format Paperback
- Pages 384
- Language English