Bruce Springsteen and the American Soul

David Garrett Izzo is an emeritus professor of English who has published 16 books and 60 essays of literary scholarship, as well as three novels and two plays. He lives in Haw River, North Carolina.

• Table of ContentsIntroduction: The Conscience of Rock ’n’ RollDAVID GARRETT IZZO      Fanfare for the Common Man: MagicDANA SAWYER      In Concert: A Transcendental CelebrationDAVID GARRETT IZZO      Songwriting and Political Awareness: The DevelopmentSpringsteen’s Emotional CommunityADAM ALIANO      From the “Badlands” to “The Promised Land”: How Past and Present America Has Affected the Lives of Springsteen’s CharactersJASON W. FAULKNER      Queen of the Supermarket: Representations of Working Class WomenLISA DELMONICO      The Virgin, the Whore, the Girl Next Door: Seeking the Definitive “Mary”KEITH FUDGE      Springsteen’s American Stories in Devils in Dust and The Seeger SessionsROBERT MCPARLAND      Going Nowhere: Bruce, the Beatles, Neil Young, Talking Heads and OthersDAVID GELLMAN      Ten Things You Don’t Know About Scholarship on SpringsteenDENISE D. GREEN      Growin’ Up with SpringsteenHERPREET KAUR GREWAL      “World Without Pity”: The Tragic Vision of Bruce SpringsteenLINCOLN KONKLE      An Opera on the Turnpike: Musical Form and Narrative Myth in the Early WorksBARRY LONG      Lost! Can We Find Our Way Back Home on Magic?LORRAINE MANGIONE      Let Me Show You What Love Can Do—The Messages of Working on a DreamDOUG MORRIS      The Key to the Universe: Springsteen, Masculinity, and theKATHERINE PARKIN      Evangelism from E Street: Brother Springsteen’s Salvation ShowSUSAN WOGE      Here Everybody Has a Neighbor: Springsteen’s Narrative of CommunityAPRIL LINDNER      “Highway Patrolman”: An Application of Sibling Theory and ResearchJONATHAN CASPI      “Mr. State Trooper, Please Don’t Stop Me”: The Image of Police in the SongsSUSAN HAMBURGER      John Wayne and Bruce Springsteen Staying Home: How Not Going to War Influenced the Careers of Two American Popular IconsLARS A. ROSSLAND      Long Walk Home: Nostalgia and the Retro Postmodern ArtistELIZABETH SEYMOUR      Growin’ Up: The Progression of Springsteen’s Music as It Relates to Erikson’s Theory of DevelopmentJIM AZAR      On the EdgeSTEVAN WEINE      Seeger, Dylan, and Springsteen: The Folk Tradition Alive and Well in AmericaMARIANNE MURAWSKI      Springsteen’s Intimations of MortalityALEX PITOFSKY      Springsteen: Growin’ Up, Growing Older: A Route Map for the Long Walk HomeMELANIE HENWOOD      Discography      About the Contributors      Copyright Acknowledgments      Index