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Title Leonard Cohen : the mystical roots of genius / Harry Freedman.
Publisher London : Bloomsbury Continuum, [2021]
Copyright ©2021
Description xiv, 274 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, photographs (some color) ; 25 cm


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 WB-Adult Collection  B COHEN Nearby on shelf  3 0672 00337 9971 (none)  AVAILABLE
BIBLIOGRAPHY Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-263) and index.
Contents 1 Leonard Cohen's Influences p. 9 -- 2 Bible as Allegory p. 31 -- 3 Ideas from the Bible p. 105 -- 4 Heaven and Earth p. 145 -- 5 Prayer p. 191.
Summary "Leonard Cohen's music is studded with allusions to Jewish and Christian tradition, as well as Kabbalah and Zen. This book is about the ethos, origins, and traditions in Cohen's lyrics. He was as familiar with Christian traditions as he was Jewish. He is not concerned with confessional barriers, they simply impede access to the deep well of spiritual lore from which he draws. This is not a biography but a biographical narrative into the treatment of each song or theme, so that by the end the reader will in fact have a good understanding of Cohen's life story."-- Description provided by publisher.
Subject Cohen, Leonard, 1934-2016.
Lyricists -- Canada -- Biography.
Singers -- Canada -- Biography.
Genre Biographies.
Other title Leonard Cohen
ISBN 9781472987273
1472987276