SF-194 The Rebirth of Tragedy: Rock Music, 1968-1972
Writhing, screaming, howling, moaning, androgynous, chemically-altered youths cavorting, to pulsating music. Does this describe the, Woodstock concert or an ancient Dionysian, festival? Friedrich Nietzsche's book The Birth of, Tragedy will provide a key for interpreting Bob, Dylan, Mick Jagger, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, and Jim Morrison (and many others) in this, intellectual analysis of the music of rock's, golden age and the culture surrounding it.