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Title |
Title of document |
Songs of Innocence as Barthes' Ideal Novel - The Rosary and the Microphone |
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Creator |
Author's name, affiliation, country |
Nicholas Greco; Providence University College, Canada; Canada |
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Discipline(s) |
Popular Music |
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Roland Barthes; technology; intimacy; memory; christianity; novel |
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Subject classification |
Popular Music |
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Description |
Abstract |
This chapter explores the notion of U2’s later work as an example of Barthes’ Vita Nova, a new sort of novel. Roland Barthes’ desire to write a novel late in his life is ultimately a story of conversion, a decision to move in a direction different from what he was doing in the past. U2’s album, Songs of Innocence, is an imperfect example of Barthes’ ideal novel: it expresses both passion and intimacy, while conveying a loss of innocence. This chapter is particularly heavy in terms of Barthesian philosophy; his ideas on mourning and grace arguably permeate through U2’s music inasmuch as U2’s music expresses Bono’s own struggles in negotiating grief and death in his own family. |
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Publisher |
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Equinox Publishing Ltd |
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Date |
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23-Oct-2019 |
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Peer-reviewed Article |
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Format |
File format |
PDF |
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Identifier |
Uniform Resource Identifier |
https://journals.equinoxpub.com/index.php/books/article/view/31267 |
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Identifier |
Digital Object Identifier |
10.1558/equinox.31267 |
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Source |
Journal/conference title; vol., no. (year) |
Equinox eBooks Publishing; The Rosary and the Microphone |
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Language |
English=en |
en |
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Rights |
Copyright and permissions |
Copyright 2014 Equinox Publishing Ltd |