Glenn Fosbraey
Reading Eminem: A Critical, Lyrical Analysis
Reading Eminem: A Critical, Lyrical Analysis
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The book critically analyzes Eminem's studio album releases from 1999 to 2020, exploring storytelling, truth, rhetoric, narrative structure, rhyme scheme, perspective, and celebrity culture. It covers a wide range of lyrical content, including dark subjects like domestic violence, murder, rape, and drug addiction, as well as lighter themes like fatherhood, bereavement, mental illness, poverty, friendship, and love. It provides rigorous analysis of Eminem's lyrics, comparing them to those of great writers, and also examines extra-verbal elements, image, video, and surrounding culture. It will be an invaluable resource for academics working in the fields of Popular Music, English Literature, or Cultural Studies.
Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 212 pages
Publication date: 26 August 2023
Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Eminem's studio album releases from his first commercial album release The Slim Shady LP in 1999 to 2020's Music To Be Murdered By have been critically analyzed in this book through the lens of storytelling, truth and rhetoric, narrative structure, rhyme scheme and type, perspective, and celebrity culture. Eminem's lyrical content has covered a wide range of topics, including domestic violence, murder, rape, child abuse, incest, drug addiction, and torture. However, he has also explored fatherhood, bereavement, mental illness, poverty, friendship, and love within his lyrics, creating complex and deep lyrics that deserve critical discussion. This book is the first full-length monograph concerning Eminem's lyrics, providing rigorous analysis to a hip-hop artist that is often overlooked. In addition to his lyrics, Fosbraey also delves into various aspects of popular music, including extra-verbal elements, image, video, and surrounding culture. This critical study of Eminem's work will be an invaluable resource to academics working in the fields of Popular Music, English Literature, or Cultural Studies.
Dimension: 210 x 148 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783030796280
Edition number: 1st ed. 2022
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