LOVE I
TSELF
by Erling Aadland
Title
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Love Itself - Et essay om Leonard Cohens sanglyrikk
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Author
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Erling Aadland
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Country & Year
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Norway 2003
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Publisher
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Spartacus, Norway
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Pages
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160
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Notes
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Hardbound, ISBN 8243002367, written in Norwegian
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Summary
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In this essay Erling Aadland analyzes Leonard Cohen's song lyrics,
his career as song writer, and his multi-layered love themes.
Erling Aadland is professor of comparative literature at the university of Bergen, but the
book is written as an essay, not the usual academic form. In the book he tries to follow
the love-theme through its different forms and figurations on Cohen´s records. The
book is very favourable for Cohen as poet: it considers him one of the most important
poets in the singer-song-writing tradition. It is very convincing (giving examples all the
way).
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