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The Rock Canon: Canonical Values in the Reception of Rock Albums Book

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  • The Rock Canon: Canonical Values in the Reception of Rock Albums
  • Written by author Carys Wyn Jones
  • Published by Ashgate Publishing, Limited, October 2008
  • Canons are central to our understanding of our culture, and yet in the last thirty years there has been much conflict and uncertainty created by the idea of the canon. In essence, the canon comprises the works and artists that are widely accepted to be th
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Contents of Appendix

1 Defining the Canon 5

Why Do We Have Canons? - Stories, Influence and the Test of Time 7

How Are Canons Made? - Institutions and Canonizers 10

What is a Canon? - Canonical Criteria, Secondary Material, and the Structure of the Canon 14

The Problem of Canons Today 21

2 Aesthetic Criteria and the Work of Art in the Reception of Rock Albums 25

Secondary Material and Canonical Criteria 27

The Album as a Work of Art 42

3 Canonical Narratives, Structure and the Test of Time in the Reception of Rock Albums 53

Influence, Progressive Evolution and Transcendence 55

Structure - The Beatles as Centre 60

The Test of Time 67

Canonizing 73

4 The Canonical Values of Rock 77

Sound and Recording 79

Attitude, Rebellion and the Rock Persona 84

Secondary Material in Rock 93

5 Canonical Discourse and the Question of Authority in Rock 101

Resistance to the Canon and Problems of Authority 101

Academic Debate 109

6 The Rock Canon and the Future of Canons in our Culture 119

The Case For a Canon in Rock (Benefits and Crystallization) 119

The Case Against a Canon in Rock (Limitations and Fragmentation) 129

Conclusion 138

Appendix 141

Bibliography 153

Index 161


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