Tristanne Connolly is Associate Professor in the English Department at St Jerome's University in the University of Waterloo, Canada. Her research specialty is British Romanticism, particularly William Blake. She has edited several essay collections on literature and cultural studies, is a poetry editor for The New Quarterly: Canadian Writers and Writing, and co-organizes the Canada Council-supported visiting writers series at St Jerome’s.  Tomoyuki Iino is Professor in the Department of English Literature at Sophia University, Tokyo. His research areas are American literature and American music. A longtime string instrument player, he has translated Amiri Baraka's Blues People and edited the essay collection on the blues music Trapped in Blues. He also wrote supplementary booklets on Simon & Garfunkel and on Bob Dylan for NHK's radio broadcasts.

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• 1. Introduction: Tristanne Connolly and Tomoyuki Iino.- 2.“Something’s lost but something’s gained”: Joni Mitchell and Post-Colonial Lyric: Steve Clark.- 3.The View from Outside: The Band Sing America: Ted Goossen.- 4.Neil Young: Lyrical and Cultural Complexities: Hidetoshi Tomiyama.- 5.“The usual panic in red, white and blue”: Bruce Cockburn’s America: Kevin Hutchings.- 6.“Mean, Mean Pride”: Rush’s Critique of American Cool: Tristanne Connolly.- 7.“Second-Hand Telegram”: Max Webster’s Message to the Masses: Mark Spielmacher.- 8.“Outside Looking In”: Saga’s Progressive Protest: David Taylor.- 9.Tactical Electronic Bodies: Noise and Mutation in Canadian Industrial Music: Jason Whittaker.- 10.Peace, Order and its Discontents: The Tragically Hip: Chris Simons.- 11.“If I can make it there...”: Jann Arden’s American Dream: Veronica Austen.- 12.“Stick it to the Pimp”: Peaches’ Penetration of Postmodern America’s Mainstream: Angus Whitehead.-

Tristanne Connolly is Associate Professor in the English Department at St Jerome's University in the University of Waterloo, Canada. Her research specialty is British Romanticism, particularly William Blake. She has edited several essay collections on literature and cultural studies, is a poetry editor for The New Quarterly: Canadian Writers and Writing, and co-organizes the Canada Council-supported visiting writers series at St Jerome’s.  Tomoyuki Iino is Professor in the Department of English Literature at Sophia University, Tokyo. His research areas are American literature and American music. A longtime string instrument player, he has translated Amiri Baraka's Blues People and edited the essay collection on the blues music Trapped in Blues. He also wrote supplementary booklets on Simon & Garfunkel and on Bob Dylan for NHK's radio broadcasts.

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• 1. Introduction: Tristanne Connolly and Tomoyuki Iino.- 2.“Something’s lost but something’s gained”: Joni Mitchell and Post-Colonial Lyric: Steve Clark.- 3.The View from Outside: The Band Sing America: Ted Goossen.- 4.Neil Young: Lyrical and Cultural Complexities: Hidetoshi Tomiyama.- 5.“The usual panic in red, white and blue”: Bruce Cockburn’s America: Kevin Hutchings.- 6.“Mean, Mean Pride”: Rush’s Critique of American Cool: Tristanne Connolly.- 7.“Second-Hand Telegram”: Max Webster’s Message to the Masses: Mark Spielmacher.- 8.“Outside Looking In”: Saga’s Progressive Protest: David Taylor.- 9.Tactical Electronic Bodies: Noise and Mutation in Canadian Industrial Music: Jason Whittaker.- 10.Peace, Order and its Discontents: The Tragically Hip: Chris Simons.- 11.“If I can make it there...”: Jann Arden’s American Dream: Veronica Austen.- 12.“Stick it to the Pimp”: Peaches’ Penetration of Postmodern America’s Mainstream: Angus Whitehead.-

Tristanne Connolly is Associate Professor in the English Department at St Jerome's University in the University of Waterloo, Canada. Her research specialty is British Romanticism, particularly William Blake. She has edited several essay collections on literature and cultural studies, is a poetry editor for The New Quarterly: Canadian Writers and Writing, and co-organizes the Canada Council-supported visiting writers series at St Jerome’s.  Tomoyuki Iino is Professor in the Department of English Literature at Sophia University, Tokyo. His research areas are American literature and American music. A longtime string instrument player, he has translated Amiri Baraka's Blues People and edited the essay collection on the blues music Trapped in Blues. He also wrote supplementary booklets on Simon & Garfunkel and on Bob Dylan for NHK's radio broadcasts.

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• 1. Introduction: Tristanne Connolly and Tomoyuki Iino.- 2.“Something’s lost but something’s gained”: Joni Mitchell and Post-Colonial Lyric: Steve Clark.- 3.The View from Outside: The Band Sing America: Ted Goossen.- 4.Neil Young: Lyrical and Cultural Complexities: Hidetoshi Tomiyama.- 5.“The usual panic in red, white and blue”: Bruce Cockburn’s America: Kevin Hutchings.- 6.“Mean, Mean Pride”: Rush’s Critique of American Cool: Tristanne Connolly.- 7.“Second-Hand Telegram”: Max Webster’s Message to the Masses: Mark Spielmacher.- 8.“Outside Looking In”: Saga’s Progressive Protest: David Taylor.- 9.Tactical Electronic Bodies: Noise and Mutation in Canadian Industrial Music: Jason Whittaker.- 10.Peace, Order and its Discontents: The Tragically Hip: Chris Simons.- 11.“If I can make it there...”: Jann Arden’s American Dream: Veronica Austen.- 12.“Stick it to the Pimp”: Peaches’ Penetration of Postmodern America’s Mainstream: Angus Whitehead.-