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Neil Peart
Bradley J. Birzer
其他書名
Cultural Repercussions: An In-depth Examination of the Words, Ideas, and Professional Life of Neil Peart, Man of Letters.
出版
WordFire Press
, 2015-09-10
主題
Biography & Autobiography / General
Biography & Autobiography / Music
Literary Criticism / Poetry
ISBN
1614753547
9781614753544
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=Xcg9jgEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋
Though Neil Peart is universally acknowledged as one of the greatest living drummers, few studies have been devoted to his writings. Yet, Peart is very much a man of his words. He writes lyrics, travelogues, short stories, essays, and books of cultural criticism. In terms of his cultural impact, he is also one of North America's greatest living men of letters. The themes he offers in his writings are timeless: philosophy, journeys, growth, exploration, excellence, art, satisfaction, happiness, religion, politics, individualism, expression, natural history, cultural criticism, life, love, loss, redemption, and beauty. Peart wants every person to persevere through individual trials, and find his or her unique gifts and abilities and, ultimately, true happiness. Most tellingly, Peart does not just profess such things, he has lived them and continues to live them. Never satisfied with second best or any form of defeat, Peart challenges himself time and time again to live up to his own philosophy. And he has succeeded through great personal adversity and, at times, irrational professional jealousy of and hatred toward him, and he has always succeeded through grace.