Bradley J Birzer

Gebundenes Buch

Neil Peart

Cultural Repercussions

Beschreibung

In January 2020, the world lost not only one of the greatest drummers, but also one of the most insightful lyricists. And a brilliant writer. Though Neil Peart was universally lauded as drummer for legendary rock band Rush, few studies have been devoted to his writings. Yet, Peart was very much a man of his words. He wrote lyrics, travelogues, essays, cultural criticism, short stories, and fantasy novels. The themes in his writings are timeless: personal journeys, exploration, excellence, growth, philosophy, art, satisfaction and happiness, religion, politics, individualism, natural history, life, love, loss, redemption, and beauty. Peart wanted every person to persevere through individual trials, find unique gifts and abilities and, ultimately, true happiness. He did not just profess such things; he lived them. Never satisfied with second best or any form of defeat, Peart challenged himself to live up to his own philosophy. And he always succeeded with grace, which earned him even more fervent admirers. Since his death in 2020, Neil Peart has continued to inspire thousands through his music, his words, and his example. This book-revised and expanded to incorporate Peart's final years-carefully examines the influence that his life, his witness, and his words have had on others. Neil Peart lived life to the fullest, and he made us each better for it. "includes some of the strongest analysis of Peart's lyrics that you'll find, and does a rigorous job of nailing down the tenets of Peart's ever-evolving philosophy."-PROG Magazine

Autor

Though proudly raised on the Great Plains of Kansas, Brad Birzer is now a professor of history at Hillsdale College, Michigan. He is author of several biographies, he writes weekly and monthly columns for a number of web and print publications (commenting on things he doesn't himself always understand), and he madly reviews anything new and brilliant in the prog and rock worlds. Birzer's several biographies have been favorably reviewed in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Los Angeles Times, and in numerous national mainstream periodicals, as well as being nominated for a number of awards. When not writing, he's reading, reading, and reading. He also loves being a dad, a chef, and a hiker. When he has the chance to visit the Rockies, very few mortal things have the power to stop him.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wordfire Press
• Seitenzahl: 202
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Juni 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 435g
• ISBN-13: 9781680573992
• ISBN-10: 1680573993
• Artikelnr.: 64200731