Heroes and Monsters: Salford Quays, 2 – 4 June 2014
My purpose is to tell of bodies that have been changed
into shapes of different kinds [Ovid]
If people no longer attain ecstasy through religion, they
look for it in art, music, poetry, rock [Armstrong: 2006] Theories need myths as much as myths need
theories. If theories illuminate myths, myths
confirm theories [Segal: 2004]
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Jesse Garon & Elvis Aron
[…] if you fight for your brother
And are minded to share with him in all things alike,
You may live half beneath the earth,
And half in the sky’s golden palaces
[Odes, Nemean x.v. 85–91]
Celebrity is a mask that eats the face
[Updike]
First say to yourself what you would be: and then do
what you have to do [Epictetus AD 55 – AD 135] I congratulate myself on
not having arrived into
this world until the
present time. This age
suits my taste [Ovid]
The ability to amplify your own fantasies by finding in
the field of the cultural heritage, analogous images,
gives us a sense of purpose and direction, and make
us feel part of something bigger [Campbell: 1949]
I have always believed that all
rock n roll boils down to
myth. There are no facts
[Lester Bangs]
The cause is hidden: The effect is visible
to all [Ovid]
References
Armstrong, K (2006) A Short History of Myth. Canada: Knopf
Butler, J (1990) Feminism and the Subversion of Identity. USA: Routledge
Campbell, J (1993) The Hero With A Thousand Faces. UK: Fontana Press
Ferry, L (2014) The Wisdom of the Myths. USA: Harper Perennial
Guralnick, P (1994) Last Train to Memphis:. USA: Little, Brown
Kelly / McDonnell (1999) Stars Don't Stand Still in The Sky. London: Routledge
Marcus, G (1999) Dead Elvis: A Chronicle of a Cultural Obsession. USA: Harvard University Press
Ovid (2010) Metamorphoses. USA: Norton Critical Edition
Padel, R (2000) I'm a Man: Sex, Gods and Rock 'n' Roll. UK: Faber and Faber
Ricks, C (2003). Dylan's Visions of Sin. UK: Penguin/Viking
Segal, R (2004) Myth: A Very Short Introduction. UK: Oxford University Press
Trynka, P (2011) Starman. UK: Little, Brown Book Group Limited