Word: cult
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...contemporary American's, north or south of the Mason-Dixon. The Moviegoer, Percy's first and best novel, received the National Book Award in 1962 and the works that followed--The Last Gentleman, Love in the Ruins, Lancelot, and The Second Coming--established a critical and commercial cult following that was, and is, highly deserved...
...book is named after an Italian-born conductor, and it brings a staggering amount of research to bear on the career of Arturo Toscanini, the classical music cult figure who, after his adoption by America, became a symbol of the supposed parity between American and European culture...
Thus the rise of cult performers, the cult of "right" concerts where one enjoys being present rather than listening to music, and the rise of cult symphonies, which listeners enjoy as isolated themes and moments rather than as artistic totalities...
...easy for a cult of Toscanini to grow not only because of his enigmatic, stirring personality, but also because everything he conducted was rhythmically, erotically gripping...
...nationality known comic Sinbad, who has appeared on Star Search and The Cosby Show, will host the competition. A panel of celebrities, including Eric Bloom, lead singer of the Blue Oyster Cult, will judge the four college bands...