Pojken med koskällan och tjuren på Nybacken by Oscar von Seth

“… The Boy with the Cowbell & The Bull of Nybacken: A Queer Reading of Vilhelm Moberg’s The Emigrants Novels This article presents a queer reading of Vilhelm Moberg’s The Emigrants novel series (1949–1959), in which norm-breaking aspects of the text are accentuated. …”
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Modernist Shepherdess: Gertrude Stein’s Pastoral Sounds by Amy WELLS

“…This study will demonstrate that buried within the difficult Steinese language, pastoral elements, such as those of specific sounds of cowbells, tinkling waterfalls, and birdsong or human song, help readers find their way along the narrative through its soundscape. …”
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Interconnecting Musicologies: Decoding Mahler's Sixth Symphony by Niall O'Loughlin

“…Investigations of the musicology of the musical imagery of this work, e.g. the Fate motive, the hammer blows in the finale, the 'pastoral' episodes, and the use of cowbells, indicate that there are other forces at work in the symphony. …”
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