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PETER LANG - European Academic Publishers
are pleased to announce a new book by
Annette Blühdorn
POP AND POETRY - PLEASURE AND PROTEST
Udo Lindenberg, Konstantin Wecker and the Tradition of German Cabaret
Oxford, Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt/M., New York, Wien, 2003.
374 pp. German Linguistic and Cultural Studies. Vol. 13 General Editor:
Peter Rolf Lutzeier
ISBN 3-03910-063-7 / US-ISBN 0-8204-6879-7 pb.
sFr. 91.00 / EUR* 62.60 / EUR** 58.50 / £ 41.00 / US-$ 58.95
* includes VAT - only valid for Germany and Austria
** does not include VAT
This book provides a detailed analysis of the lyrics of the German rock
musician Udo Lindenberg and of the singer-songwriter Konstantin Wecker.
The investigation starts from the assumption that lyrics which are not
in English put more weight onto the textual side of popular songs; the
lyrics are therefore analysed separately from music and performance.
Furthermore, this study goes beyond the distinction between dominant
and mass literature which, within literary studies, has so far
prevented an unbiased approach towards song lyrics. Finally, it is
suggested that Lindenberg's and Wecker's lyrics can be read as
contemporary variations of «Gebrauchslyrik», a concept that was
developed by major representatives of the German cabaret culture during
the 1920s and 1930s. Hence, the book recapitulates the history of both
the German cabaret and the development of German popular music, and
places Lindenberg and Wecker within these cultural movements.
Contents: Lyrics Between Pop and Poetry - Perspectives of Popular Music
Research and of Literary Studies - The Dichotomy Between "E-Musik" and
"U-Musik" - The Split Between High and Low Literature - Lyrics Between
Pleasure and Protest - Weimar Cabaret and Cabaret Chanson - The Concept
of "Gebrauchslyrik" - The German Singer-Songwriter Movement - Early
German Rock Music - The Lyrics of Udo Lindenberg and Konstantin Wecker.
The Author: Annette Blühdorn teaches in the Department of European
Studies and Modern Languages at the University of Bath (UK). Prior to
that she held teaching positions at De Montfort University, Leicester,
and the University of the West of England, Bristol. She obtained her
PhD from the University of Wales Swansea. Her research focuses on
German lyrics in the context of literary studies.
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