Perry Meisel
Author of The Cowboy and the Dandy: Crossing Over from Romanticism to Rock and Roll
About the Author
Perry Meisel is Professor of English at New York University. His books include The Myth of the Modern (1987), The Cowboy and the Dandy (1999), and The Literary Freud (2007). He has also written widely for publications that include The Village Voice, The New York Times, Partisan Review, and October.
Works by Perry Meisel
The Cowboy and the Dandy: Crossing Over from Romanticism to Rock and Roll (1998) 16 copies, 1 review
Associated Works
Bloomsbury/Freud: The Letters of James and Alix Strachey, 1924-1925 (1985) — Editor, some editions — 77 copies, 1 review
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Brilliant arguments in this book, but it reads much like someone's senior thesis. Only... 100x better. This is an academic work (citations galore!); Meisel's writing is nonetheless lyrical, evocative, animated, and moving. He writes about jazz with the cadence of bebop; his chapter on Virginia Woolf is dreamy and atmospheric while sharply observed. The richness and density of the material means this isn't an easy book to get through, but it's worth it for the myriad tangents it will make you show more want to follow. show less
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- Works
- 6
- Also by
- 2
- Members
- 53
- Popularity
- #303,172
- Rating
- 3.7
- Reviews
- 1
- ISBNs
- 19