Editors Welberry (communications, art and critical enquiry, La Trobe U., Australia) and Dalziell (English and cultural studies, U. of Western Australia) enlist the help of musical scholars and
writers to create this appreciation of singer-songwriter Nick Cave, providing general readers and students of pop culture with a thorough survey of his work since his days with The Boys Next
Door in the late 1970s. Each contributor focuses on a particular facet of Cave's impact on popular culture such as his distinct views on Australian humor and his thoughts on such subjects as
religion, creativity in love songs and the myths surrounding Elvis Presley. These essays also cover Cave's work as a novelist, screenwriter, curator, critic and actor. Annotation 穢2009 Book
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