Table of Contents

Introduction, TanyaDalziell, KarenWelberry; Part I Cultural Contexts; Chapter 1 The Light Within, JillianBurt; Chapter 2 Planting Seeds, ClintonWalker; Chapter 3 Nick Cave and the Australian Language of Laughter, KarenWelberry; Chapter 4 Nick Cave, Dance Performance and the Production and Consumption of Masculinity, LaknathJayasinghe; Part II Intersections; Chapter 5 An Audience for Antagonism, ChrisBilton; Chapter 6 And the Ass Saw the Angel, CarolHart; Chapter 7 Red Right Hand, AdrianDanks; Chapter 8 Grinderman, AngelaJones; Part III The Sacred; Chapter 9 From Mutiny to Calling upon the Author, RobertEaglestone; Chapter 10 Oedipus Wrecks, NathanWiseman-Trowse; Chapter 11 Fleshed Sacred, LynMcCredden; Chapter 12 The Moose and Nick Cave, TanyaDalziell;

About the Author

Dr Karen Welberry, School of Communications, Arts, and Critical Enquiry, La Trobe University, Australia and Dr Tanya Dalziell, English, Communication and Cultural Studies, The University of Western Australia, Australia Tanya Dalziell, Karen Welberry, Jillian Burt, Clinton Walker, Laknath Jayasinghe, Chris Bilton, Carol Hart, Adrian Danks, Angela Jones, Robert Eaglestone, Nathan Wiseman-Trowse, Lyn McCredden.

Reviews

'These readings range from the highly theorized to the personal, produced from immensely diverse intellectual positions, addressing the full range of their protean subject. They illuminate Cave’s oeuvre in a complex and comprehensive critical light. This is, and will almost certainly remain, the most multi-faceted compilation in Nick Cave studies.' Bruce Johnson, Turku University, Finland, Macquarie University, Australia and Glasgow University, UK '[T]hese essays are a necessary start for a consideration of the abundantly provocative works of Nick Cave.' Popular Music