Music, Memory and Memoir

Robert Edgar is Associate Professor in the York Centre for Writing at York St. John University, UK. His publications include Screenwriting (2009), The Language of Film (2015), The Music Documentary: Acid Rock to Electropop (co-editor, 2013) and The Arena Concert (co-editor, 2015). Fraser Mann is Senior Lecturer in English Literature at York St. John University, UK. He is a specialist in war literature and memoir with particular interests in testimony, gender and trauma. Helen Pleasance is Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing and English Literature at York St. John University, UK. Her research interests include contemporary fiction and creative non-fiction in all its forms, especially memoir, biography, true crime and hybrid forms.

Whether you are a fan of Patti Smith, enjoy reading memoirs or you just miss shopping in record stores, the mix of cultural history, memoir criticism and personal reflections in Music, Memory and Memoir explain why music is still so important to so many of us, and how its stories connect to our own.

• Introduction - Robert Edgar, Fraser Mann and Helen Pleasance Part One: Readings1. Hiatus: Music, Memory and Liminal AuthenticityRobert Edgar, York St John University, UK2. Paying More Close Anxious Attention to Joy DivisionHelen Pleasance, York St John University, UK3. Portrait of the Artist as an Indie Star: Kristin Hersh and the Memoir of ProcessFraser Mann, York St John University, UK4. Poet Is Priest: Julian H Cope's Subversive BiographyNathan Wiseman-Trowse, University of Northampton, UK5. Grace Jones: Cyborg MemoiristJanine Bradbury, York St John University, UK6. “Walking the Dead”: Memory and Self-Reflexive Intertextuality in Late-Style David BowieKevin Holm-Hudson, University of Kentucky, USA7. Memory, Graffiti and The Libertines: A Walk Down “Up the Bracket Alley”Ben Halligan, University of Wolverhampton, UK8. Reading Lyrics, Hearing Prose: Morrissey's AutobiographyLaura Watson, University of Maynooth, Ireland9. 'Glory Days': Memory-Related Processes and the Performance of Memory in the Work of Bruce SpringsteenNicola Spelman, University of Salford, UK Part Two: Recollections10. Time MachinesBarbara Frost, Independent Scholar, UK11. Meeting Your Idols 1: Growing Up Addicted in YorkKaren Woodall, Independent Scholar, UK12. Meeting Your Idols 2: Teenage DreamsSteve Leedale, Independent Scholar, UK13. Meeting your Idols 3: The Soldier in the BoxKate Ramsay, Independent Scholar, UK14. Meeting your Idols 4: Culture ClashPeter Cook, Independent Scholar, UK 15. Meeting Your Idols 5: Goodbye TupacJerry Ibbotson, Independent Scholar, UK 16. "What do I do now?": Encountering Ourselves in Music MemoirsJon Stewart, BIMM, UK, Benjamin Halligan, University of Wolverhampton, UK, and Louise Wener, Musician17. The Sacred Scrolls of PopHenry Priestman, Independent Artist, UK 18. Exploding the MythTom Hingley, Independent Artist, UK19. Remembrance SundayBill Drummond, Independent Artist, UK20. Confessions of Metal and Folk: Remembering and Contextualizing the Creative ProcessKimi Karki, University of Turku, Finland Notes on ContributorsReferencesIndex