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Ellen Jessica Greenham
Vision and Desire : Jim Morrison's Mythography Beyond the Death of God
review: Controversial but still the best study about the philosophy of Jim Morrison I have read. Read it now!






Musique et poésie : à la recherche d'un nouveau genre
pages 157-165
Tracey Simpson
review: Some of Tracey's interpretations are controversial but worth reading.






Jim Morrison : o híbrido in-possível
Fernando António Silva Oliveira
review: The object of this study is so vast that it ends up being a little superficial.






Shrines and pilgrimage in the modern world : new itineraries into the sacred
Peter Jan Margry (ed.)
review: The statements of the fans at the grave are always exciting to read but the rest of the Morrison part of the book has errors and is superficial though well structured and nicely written. The conclusions are not entirely convincing.






When the music's over, renew my subscription to resurrection : why Doors fans won't let Jim die
Kathleen A. Riddell
review: The firsthand accounts of the Paris pilgrimages are highly exciting but it's poorly written, superficial, not free from mistakes and lacks structure.






"Reinventing the Gods" : Bloomian misprision in the Nietzschean influence of Jim Morrison
Megan Michele Stypinski
review: Nothing relevant here except for a very few lines.






Criticism lighting his fire : perspectives on Jim Morrison from The Los Angeles Free Press, Down Beat, and The Miami Herald
Melissa Ursula Dawn Goldsmith
review: Nothing too new here.






Rock around the grave : la tombe de Jim Morrison au Père-Lachaise
Michelangelo Giampaoli
review: A simple description of grave and visitors.






The Doors, Joy Division e Nirvana nas recusas do fim do tempo juvenil
Emília Saraiva Nery
review: Superficial and not free from errors.






As bandas como marcas que constroem os novos mitos : o caso dos The Doors
Sofia Cortez Fernandes
review: Poorly writen and simplistic yet could be a nice start for future studies.






The Visionary Tradition in Jim Morrison's "The Celebration of the Lizard"
Paul Sanchez
review: With the exception of a very few lines, this text is fictitious. The author has clearly not read the books "Moonlight drive", "I remember Jim Morrison", "Friends gathered together".






The poet behind the doors : Jim Morrison's poetry and the 1960's countercultural movement
Steven Andrew Erkel
review: Poorly written. Some of the author's interpretations are fictitious, others are interesting.






Mr. Mojo Risin': Jim Morrison, the Last Holy Fool by David Dalton; Slowhand: The Life & Music Of Eric Clapton by Marc Roberty
pages: 1079-1081
Bruce Golden
review: Good angle.






Wild Child : Jim Morrison's Poetic Journeys
pages: 133-144
Tony Magistrale
review: Not very accurate, not at all enlightening.






Jim Morrison - the poet and the singer : the character, personality and thinking of Jim Morrison
Sereg Viktória
review: What a ripoff!






Lords of their own Disordered Worlds: The Poetic Journeys of Arthur Rimbaud and Jim Morrison
Nicole S. Castro
review: Written in a very inspired way but has a few imprecisions and lacks depth and originality. Developing it would be a great enterprise.






Dionysian Rock
David Kilpatrick
review: The question this text raises is highly relevant but it answers it in a very incomplete way.






Five to One: Rethinking the Doors and the Sixties Counterculture
Christopher Crenshaw
review: This is one of those texts in which the author sets a conclusion and then finds arguments to suit it, instead of the other way around. It is still an amazing and original article. The main disadvantage is that the objects of its research are so vast that is ends up being a little superficial. Let’s hope the author keeps on researching and publishing.






Behind the Doors: Perceptions of Reality
Alberto Nones
review: The author has not paid enough attention to the books “Moonlight drive”; “I remember Jim Morrison”; “Summer with Morrison”. Nevertheless, some very interesting assertions are made here. Let's hope the author continues his research and publishes some more texts or books.






Jim Morrison – Dichter, Sänger und Schamane
Anna-Dorothea Schneider
review: With material from greats as Paul-Henri Campbell and Hans-Peter Rodenberg this could have been an amazing text but it ended up brief and a little superficial.






"Hey, what's your name?": Anthroponymics in the language picture of the world of Jim Morrison
B.Ya. Sharifullin
review: A great degree of accuracy is missing here which is a shame because a serious onomastic study is really missing. The author could be on the way of creating something interesting but that is an immense task. Let's hope he corrects all the errors of this article, which are many, for his forthcoming monograph on the language picture of the world by Jim Morrison.






"Five to one. One in five": The number images in the language picture of the world of Jim Morrison
B.Ya. Sharifullin
review: This article lacks depth and contains a number of errors. I found interest not on much more than the interpretations of "The Soft Parade" and "Land Ho!" but even these ones are only slightly touched.






The sadness of great fame: The conflict between individuality and expectation in the works of Don DeLillo and Jim Morrison
Sue Ellen Norton Francis






O mito e o trágico em Jim Morrison: a poesia como choque e redenção da história
Dráulio Carvalho Assis






Jim Morrison and the Alchemy of Film
Hárs György Péter
Eötvös József Főiskola






"Break On Through To The Other Side": The Symbols of Creation and Resurrection/Salvation in Jim Morrison. Theological Explorations
Pavol Bargár
review: Some of the interpretations are fictitious.





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