{"product_id":"eric-bogle-music-and-the-great-war-an-old-mans-tears-paperback","title":"Eric Bogle, Music and the Great War: 'An Old Man's Tears' - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichael J. K. Walsh\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEric Bogle has written many iconic songs that deal with the futility and waste of war. Two of these in particular, 'And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda' and 'No Man's Land (a.k.a. The Green Fields of France)', have been recorded numerous times in a dozen or more languages indicating the universality and power of their simple message. Bogle's other compositions about the First World War give a voice to the voiceless, prominence to the forgotten and personality to the anonymous as they interrogate the human experience, celebrate its spirit and empathise with its suffering.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book examines Eric Bogle's songs about the Great War within the geographies and socio-cultural contexts in which they were written and consumed. From Anzac Day in Australia and Turkey to the 'The Troubles' in Northern Ireland and from small Aboriginal communities in the Coorong to the influence of prime ministers and rock stars on a world stage, we are urged to contemplate the nature and importance of popular culture in shaping contemporary notions of history and national identity. It is entirely appropriate that we do so through the words of an artist who \u003ci\u003eMelody Maker \u003c\/i\u003edescribed as 'the most important songwriter of our time'.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMichael J. K. Walsh\u003c\/strong\u003e has published widely on cultural responses to, and interpretations of, the Great War. He is the author of: \u003ci\u003eThis Cult of Violence \u003c\/i\u003e(2002) and \u003ci\u003eHanging a Rebel \u003c\/i\u003e(2008); editor of \u003ci\u003eA Dilemma of English Modernism \u003c\/i\u003e(2007) and \u003ci\u003eLondon, Modernism and 1914 \u003c\/i\u003e(2010); and co-editor of \u003ci\u003eAustralia and the Great War: Identity, Memory and Mythology \u003c\/i\u003e(2016)\u003ci\u003e and The Great War and the British Empire: Culture and Society \u003c\/i\u003e(2016).\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eHe is Associate Professor of Art History at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 200\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 14, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51790209253664,"sku":"9780367593759","price":100.42,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/ef2df5a61f0f3387d4b0e174097d367a.webp?v=1780671843","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/eric-bogle-music-and-the-great-war-an-old-mans-tears-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}