No Fixed Address : Locating Leonard Cohen in Western Religious/ Spiritual Culture

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Title
No Fixed Address : Locating Leonard Cohen in Western Religious/ Spiritual Culture
Abstract
The author explores how religious acclamations in late twentieth-century Western culture have evolved from their traditional understandings. Using the works of Montreal poet, novelist and singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen (1934-2016), the author demonstrates how traditional religious labels have been applied to describe both the man and his work. Employing several different aesthetic approaches for understanding the effect of poetry and its possible spiritual value, the author explores the traditional understanding of those religious labels that Cohen has received and then examines some of Cohen's poetry and songs for justification of these religious labels. The author presents the context of popular culture as a medium through which such unconventional labelling may take place. The author believes that the New Age Spiritually movement may have been the most suitable location for those individuals claiming Cohen as an authoritative religious voice.
Type
Master's Thesis
University
University of Calgary
Place
Calgary, AB
Date
1998
# of Pages
vi-124p.
Language
en
URL
Citation
Balfour, Sappho M. “No Fixed Address : Locating Leonard Cohen in Western Religious/ Spiritual Culture.” Master’s Thesis, University of Calgary, 1998. https://prism.ucalgary.ca/bitstream/handle/1880/25917/34875Balfour.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y.
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