Joni Mitchell's Blue
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2026
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-768682-9 (ISBN)
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-768682-9 (ISBN)
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Critics have ensured its place in a canon of greatest works. Fans grow deeply attached to the songwriter for her honesty and ability to speak directly to their own troubles. Listeners are awed by the music's visceral impact and extraordinary beauty. Joni Mitchell's most beloved album Blue (1971) continues to inspire new generations of listeners well over 50 years after its release.
In this book, author Lloyd Whitesell situates Mitchell as a key figure in the singer-songwriter movement that emerged in the late 1960s and shows how the confessional mode of writing intensified the movement's core values of authenticity and vulnerability. In its extreme personal exposure, raw timbres, and emotional volatility, Blue represents a turning point in the confessional approach. Whitesell also paints a vivid portrait of Mitchell and her peers at the moment Blue was made. The songwriter captures snapshots of the counterculture and reflects the dilemmas of a young person living through cultural upheaval. In particular, she conveys the perspective of a woman struggling toward self-determination and exploring the new choices available to her in love and personal fulfilment. Against a backdrop of idealism, she gives voice to the doubts that shadow the collective desire for a better world. Though Blue embodies a flawed, spontaneous, disheveled persona, its songs are impeccably artful in their design. In detailed analyses of lyrics, melody, harmony, and vocal performance, Whitesell explores the qualities that set Mitchell's music apart for its shapeliness, symbolic resonance, and sophistication.
In this book, author Lloyd Whitesell situates Mitchell as a key figure in the singer-songwriter movement that emerged in the late 1960s and shows how the confessional mode of writing intensified the movement's core values of authenticity and vulnerability. In its extreme personal exposure, raw timbres, and emotional volatility, Blue represents a turning point in the confessional approach. Whitesell also paints a vivid portrait of Mitchell and her peers at the moment Blue was made. The songwriter captures snapshots of the counterculture and reflects the dilemmas of a young person living through cultural upheaval. In particular, she conveys the perspective of a woman struggling toward self-determination and exploring the new choices available to her in love and personal fulfilment. Against a backdrop of idealism, she gives voice to the doubts that shadow the collective desire for a better world. Though Blue embodies a flawed, spontaneous, disheveled persona, its songs are impeccably artful in their design. In detailed analyses of lyrics, melody, harmony, and vocal performance, Whitesell explores the qualities that set Mitchell's music apart for its shapeliness, symbolic resonance, and sophistication.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 14.7.2026 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Oxford Keynotes |
| Verlagsort | New York |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 140 x 210 mm |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Pop / Rock |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte | |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte | |
| Sozialwissenschaften | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-19-768682-6 / 0197686826 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-768682-9 / 9780197686829 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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