LOVE I TSELF

by Erling Aadland




Title Love Itself - Et essay om Leonard Cohens sanglyrikk
Author Erling Aadland
Country & Year Norway 2003
Publisher Spartacus, Norway
Pages 160
Notes Hardbound, ISBN 8243002367, written in Norwegian
Summary In this essay Erling Aadland analyzes Leonard Cohen's song lyrics, his career as song writer, and his multi-layered love themes.

Erling Aadland is professor of comparative literature at the university of Bergen, but the book is written as an essay, not the usual academic form. In the book he tries to follow the love-theme through its different forms and figurations on Cohen´s records. The book is very favourable for Cohen as poet: it considers him one of the most important poets in the singer-song-writing tradition. It is very convincing (giving examples all the way).






[PREV PAGE] [NEXT PAGE] [INDEX PAGE] [SUB INDEX PAGE]