The Myth of Popular Culture from Dante to Dylan is a fascinating examination of the cultural traditions of the American novel, Hollywood, and British and American rock music which leads us to redefine our concept of the division between -high- and -low- culture.

• A stimulating history of high and low culture from Dante Alighieri to Bob Dylan, providing a controversial defence of popular culture
• Seeks to rebut the durable belief that only high culture is 'dialectical' and popular culture is not by turning Theodor Adorno's theories on 'pop' against themselves
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