Leonard Cohen : the mystical roots of genius / Harry Freedman.

• Leonard Cohen's influences -- The Bible as allegory -- Interlude: Leonard Cohen's religious education -- Ideas from the Bible -- Interlude: Kateri Tekakwitha -- Heaven and earth -- Interlude: Leonard Cohen's artwork -- Prayer -- Interlude: Leonard Cohen the cohen -- Epilogue: A modern-day Paytan?. 

• Leonard Cohen's music is studded with allusions to Jewish and Christian tradition, as well as Kabbalah and Zen. This book is about the ethos, origins, and traditions in Cohen's lyrics. He was as familiar with Christian traditions as he was Jewish. He is not concerned with confessional barriers, they simply impede access to the deep well of spiritual lore from which he draws. This is not a biography but a biographical narrative into the treatment of each song or theme, so that by the end the reader will in fact have a good understanding of Cohen's life story. 

Ämnesord

Textförfattare (musik)  (sao)

Sångare  (sao)

Lyricists  -- Canada -- Biography. (LCSH)

Singers  -- Canada -- Biography. (LCSH)

Lyricists  (LCSH)

Singers  (LCSH)

Kanada  (sao)

Genre

Biografier  (saogf)

Personnamn

Cohen, Leonard, 1934-2016

Klassifikation

782.42164092 (DDC)