{"product_id":"the-triumph-of-vulgarity-rock-music-in-the-mirror-of-romanticism-hardcover-2","title":"The Triumph of Vulgarity: Rock Music in the Mirror of Romanticism - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobert Pattison\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Triumph of Vulgarity\u003c\/em\u003e in a thinker's guide to rock 'n' roll. Rock music mirrors the tradition of nineteenth-century Romaniticsm, Robert Patison says. Whitman's \"barbaric yawp\" can still be heard in the punk rock of the Ramones, and the spirit that inspired Poe's \u003cem\u003eEureka\u003c\/em\u003e lives on in the\u003cbr\u003elyrics of Talking Heads. Rock is vulgar, Pattison notes, and vulgarity is something that high culture has long despised but rarely bothered to define. This book is the first effort since John Ruskin and Aldous Huxley to describe in depth what vulgarity is, and how, with the help of ideas inherent\u003cbr\u003ein Romaniticism, it has slipped the constraints imposed on it by refined culture and established its own loud arts.\u003cbr\u003e The book disassembles the various myths of rock: its roots in black and folk music; the primacy it accords to feeling and self; the sexual omnipotence of rock stars; the satanic predilictions of rock fans; and rock's high-voltage image of the modern Prometheus wielding an electric guitar.\u003cbr\u003ePattison treats these myths as vulgar counterparts of their originals in refined Romantic art and offers a description and justification of rock's central place in the social and aesthetic structure of modern culture. At a time when rock lyrics have provoked parental outrage and senatorial\u003cbr\u003ehearings, \u003cem\u003eThe Triumph of Vulgarity\u003c\/em\u003e is required reading for anyone interested in where rock comes from and how it works.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRobert Pattison\u003c\/strong\u003e teaches humanities at Long Island University. His previous books include \u003cem\u003eOn Literacy\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eTennyson and Tradition\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 294\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.94 x 8.9 x 6.08 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 22, 1987\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42039214145616,"sku":"9780195038767","price":89.78,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/9540\/0016\/files\/d3hWdEgyOTA5NUNkcThQSkFvbnordz09_c57d0846-a722-49e2-878f-07c8a441884f.webp?v=1771841399","url":"https:\/\/palm-malen-gift-shop-pmrc.myshopify.com\/products\/the-triumph-of-vulgarity-rock-music-in-the-mirror-of-romanticism-hardcover-2","provider":"Palm Malen Gift Shop -PMRC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}