Generations Pass in a Paragraph Leonard Cohen’s Late Work
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Canadian song-writer, creativity, agingAbstract
This paper explores themes like aging and late-life creativity as reflected in the poetic world of Canadian song-writer Leonard Cohen (1934). In addition to analyzing biographical material such as recent interviews and documentaries, this paper will focus on how such themes are treated in his latest work, including the album Popular Problems (2014) and Cohen’s latest poetry collection titled Book of Longing (2006).
Generazioni che scorrono in un paragrafo: le ultime opere di Leonard Cohen
Questo studio intende esplorare l’universo poetico del cantautore e poeta, Leonard Cohen (1934) alla luce delle sue produzioni musicali e letterarie più recenti che riflettono inevitabilmente una maturità non solo artistica ma anche ‘biologica’. Si cercherà di tracciare lo sviluppo di specifiche tematiche nell’opera di questo autore alla luce del legame fra creatività e vecchiaia.
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