Bibliograph

Dickens and Prince, a particular kind of genius, Nick Hornby

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Label

Dickens and Prince, a particular kind of genius, Nick Hornby

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliography (pages 277-285)

resource.biographical

collective biography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Dickens and Prince

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Nick Hornby

Sub title

a particular kind of genius

Summary

Equipped with a fan's admiration and his trademark humour and wit, Nick Hornby invites us into his latest obsession - the cosmic link between two unlikely artists, geniuses in their own rights, spanning race, class and centuries - each of whom electrified their different disciplines and whose legacy resounded far beyond their own time. When Prince's 1987 record Sign o' the Times was rereleased in 2020, the iconic album now came with dozens of songs that weren't on the original. In awe, Hornby began to wonder: who else ever produced this much? He soon found his answer in Victorian novelist Charles Dickens, who died more than a hundred years before Prince began making music. Examining the two artists' personal tragedies, social statuses, boundless productivity and other parallels, both humorous and haunting, Hornby shows how these two unlikely men from different centuries 'lit up the world'. In the process he creates a lively rumination on the creativity, discipline, and soul it takes to produce great art

Target audience

adult

Creator