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Stranger music : selected poems and songs / by Cohen, Leonard,1934-2016.(CARDINAL)139864;
Subjects: Poets, Canadian.; Canadian poetry.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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American and Canadian women poets, 1930-present / by Bloom, Harold.(CARDINAL)138025;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-210) and index.
Subjects: American poetry; Women and literature; Canadian poetry; Women and literature; Canadian poetry; American poetry;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Acquainted with the night : excursions through the world after dark / by Dewdney, Christopher,1951-(CARDINAL)735672;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 304-305) and index.
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Dewdney, Christopher, 1951-; Poets, Canadian; Night in literature.; Night.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Various positions : a life of Leonard Cohen / by Nadel, Ira Bruce.(CARDINAL)156233;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-312) and index.
Subjects: Biographies.; Cohen, Leonard, 1934-2016.; Poets, Canadian; Lyricists; Singers;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Leonard Cohen : the mystical roots of genius / by Freedman, Harry,Author(DLC)no 98113242 ;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-263) and indexes.A spellbinding and unorthodox look into the life of Leonard Cohen, and the way his experiences with religion and spirituality produced one of the greatest musicians of our time. Leonard Cohen's music is studded with allusions to Jewish and Christian tradition, as well as Kabbalah and Zen. In his 1994 classic 'Hallelujah' he opens with the words 'Now I've heard there was a secret chord, That David played, and it pleased the Lord the baffled king composing Hallelujah'. As the song progresses, Cohen takes us on a tour of the Old Testament, he sings of Samson having his hair cut by Delilah, Moses asking God's name and we even meet the blasphemer from the Book of Leviticus. This book is about the ethos, origins and traditions in Cohen's lyrics. His grandfather was a Rabbi. He had grown up in an observant Jewish family; one with problems. His father died when he was nine, his mother suffered from depression and he himself underwent prolonged dark periods. His Irish catholic nanny took him to Church. He was as familiar with Christian traditions as he was Jewish. In his early works indeed he seemed more engaged with Christianity than with Judaism. But one of the notable features of his work is how he switches with ease from Judaism to Christianity. He is not concerned with confessional barriers, they simply impede access to the deep well of spiritual lore from which he draws. Kabbalah also features in his imagery. He became increasingly interested in Zen. In 1990 he moved into a Zen monastery as a permanent resident, apparently becoming a Buddhist monk. He died in 2016. Here then is a book that looks deep into the soul and imagination of one of the greatest singers and lyricists of our time. Here is the landscape of his soul. 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.
Subjects: Cohen, Leonard, 1934-2016.; Singers; Poets, Canadian; Composers;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Picasso's woman : a breast cancer story / by MacPhee, Rosalind,1946-(CARDINAL)506766;
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Biographies.; MacPhee, Rosalind, 1946-; Breast; Women poets, Canadian; Breast.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Leonard Cohen on Leonard Cohen : interviews and encounters / by Cohen, Leonard,1934-2016.(CARDINAL)139864; Burger, Jeff,1949-editor.(CARDINAL)621928;
Includes discography, bibliography and index.Presents fifty interviews with the Canadian composer and author conducted between 1966 and 2012, covering his method of composition, practice of Zen Buddhism, romantic entanglements, and experiences with producers, singers, fellow songwriters, and musicians.
Subjects: Interviews.; Cohen, Leonard, 1934-2016; Composers; Poets, Canadian; Singers;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 4
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I'm your man : the life of Leonard Cohen / by Simmons, Sylvie,author.(CARDINAL)533823;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 535-558) and index.In this biography the author explores the facets of Cohen's life from his early childhood in Montreal, to his entree into the worlds of literature and music, his immersion in Jewish culture, obsession with Christian imagery, and deep commitment to Buddhist detachment, including the five years he spent at a monastery outside of Los Angeles and his ordainment as a Rinzai Zen Buddhist Monk.
Subjects: Biographies.; Cohen, Leonard, 1934-2016.; Composers; Singers; Rock musicians; Poets, Canadian;
Available copies: 16 / Total copies: 17
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Marianne & Leonard [videorecording] : words of love / by Cohen, Leonard; Broomfield, Nick,1948-film director,film producer,narrator.; Hoeferlin, Marc,film producer,editor of moving image work.; Hinton, Shani,film producer.; Gibbon, Kyle,1987-film producer.; Broomfield, Barney,1981-director of photography.; Laird-Clowes, Nick,1957-composer (expression); Cohen, Leonard,1934-2016,on-screen participant.(CARDINAL)139864; Collins, Judy,1939-on-screen participant.(CARDINAL)339821; Cornelius, Ron,on-screen participant.; Goldman, Helle Valborg,on-screen participant.(CARDINAL)531530; Ihlen, Marianne,on-screen participant.(CARDINAL)493275; Lissauer, John,on-screen participant.; Lowe, Don,on-screen participant.; Simon, John,1941-on-screen participant.; Vick, Rick,on-screen participant.; Layton, Aviva,on-screen participant.(CARDINAL)725541; Mollestad, Jan Christian,on-screen participant.; British Broadcasting Corporation,presenter.(CARDINAL)143648; Kew Media Group,presenter.; Lafayette Films,production company.; Roadside Attractions (Firm),publisher.;
Nick Broomfield, narrator.Explores the relationship between Canadian musician and poet Leonard Cohen and his longtime friend and muse Marianne Ihlen.MPAA rating: R.
Subjects: Biographical films.; Documentary films.; Feature films.; Nonfiction films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Cohen, Leonard, 1934-2016.; Ihlen, Marianne.; Musicians; Poets, Canadian;
For private home use only.
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 5
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Leonard Cohen : the man who saw the angels fall / by Lebold, Christophe,author,translator.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 518-535) and index.Prologue: Three portraits of Leonard Cohen. First point of entry: the man who saw the angels fall -- Second point of entry: eternal pilgrim, perfect Jew -- Third point of entry: Leonard Cohen, metaphysician of the broken heart -- Genesis: autopsy of Leonard Cohen the younger -- The poet and collector of exiles: Leonard's first careers, 1956-1964 -- TV Tzadik and pop poetry: portrait of Leonard as a modern saint, 1961-1966 -- Angels in ember and snow: New York, 1966-1967 -- A troubadour in Manhattan: songs of Leonard Cohen, 1967-1968 -- Into the avalanche: the prince of sad passions, or Leonard the obscure, 1968-1972 -- Leonardo Furioso: Cohen vs. Cohen, 1973-1977 -- Death and redemption of a ladies' man: tohu-bohu and smokey life, 1977-1980 -- The crooner's prayers: Leonard in purgatory, 1980-1985 -- Banana Casanova: the fall of Manhattan, 1986-1988 -- The crooner's prophecies and the apocalypse for laughs, 1989-1993 -- Waiting for the miracle: life of Monk Cohen, the last alibi, 1993-1999 -- Fedora Bodhisattva: the man changed into an angel, 2000-2013 -- Evidence of darkness, 2014-2016 -- Epilogue."Leonard Cohen has aimed high: to be all Jewish heroes at once. Like Jacob, he struggled with angels. Like David, he sang psalms and seduced women. But he never ceased doing what he did best: going from city to city and reviving our hearts. Leonard Cohen: The Man Who Saw the Angels Fall follows the singer's cosmopolitan life from Montreal and New York to the Greek island of Hydra and examines his perpetual dialogues with himself, God, and avalanches. We see how six decades of radiant pessimism and a few thousand nights in hotel rooms transformed a young Jewish poet who longed to be a saint into an existentialist troubadour in love with women and a gravelly-voiced crooner who taught a thousand ways of dissolving into love. After more than two decades of research and travels, Christophe Lebold, who befriended the poet and spent time with him in Los Angeles, delivers a stimulating analysis of Cohen's life and art. Gracefully blending biography and essay, he interrogates the mission Cohen set out for himself: to show us that darkness is just the flip side of light."--
Subjects: Biographies.; Cohen, Leonard, 1934-2016 Criticism and interpretation.; Composers; Poets, Canadian; Singers; Lyricists;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 5
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