Decoding Dylan

Making Sense of the Songs That Changed Modern Culture

Häftad, Engelska, 2019

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Beskrivning

Taking readers behind Bob Dylan's familiar image as the enigmatic rebel of the 1960s, this book reveals a different view--that of a careful craftsman and student of the art of songwriting. Drawing on revelations from Dylan's memoir Chronicles and a variety of other sources, the author arrives at a radically new interpretation of his body of work, which revolutionized American music and won him the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2016. Dylan's songs are viewed as collages, ingeniously combining themes and images from American popular culture and European high culture.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2019-04-26
Mått:152 x 229 x 9 mm
Vikt:245 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:177
Förlag:McFarland & Co Inc
ISBN:9781476678450

Utforska kategorier

Populärmusik inom Kultur
Tonsättare och låtskrivare inom Kultur
Musiker, sångare och grupper inom Kultur

Mer om författaren

Jim Curtis taught at the University of Missouri-Columbia for 31 years. He lives in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania.

Recensioner i media

“An expert look at the life and work of folk singer-songwriter and cultural icon Bob Dylan...an exceedingly comprehensive portrait of one of American’s most important and enigmatic musicians...excellent job of depicting Dylan as a man...certainly a must-read for Dylan fanatics”—Pop Cultural Studies

Innehållsförteckning

Table of Contents Acknowledgments“Songs for Passersby” by James M. CurtisPrefaceIntroductionSection I: Theories and Practices1. Bob Dylan: His Biography and His Career2. The Early Years in New York3. Affinities with Franz Kafka, T.S. Eliot and Pablo PicassoSection II: Songs and Songwriting4. Songs of Transcendence—Highway 61 Revisited and Blonde on BlondeTable 1. Chronology of SongsTable 2. Night Songs5. Songs of Assimilation—John Wesley Harding and Nashville Skyline6. “Putting a Certain Orderliness to the Chaos”Table 3. Rhyme Forms in Dylan’s Songs of the Early 1960sTable 4. Rhyme Forms in Dylan’s Songs of the Late 1960sTable 5. Examples of Triple Rhymes in Tin Pan Alley SongsTable 6. Triple Rhymes or More in Some American Songs (1968–1984)7. Dylan and Springsteen8. The Real Revolution of the 1960sTable 7. Chronologies of Early Successes of Dylan, Barbra Streisand and Woody Allen by Approximate AgeConclusion: Dylan’s ParadoxesChapter NotesBibliographyIndex