Teaching Bob Dylan

Barry J. Faulk is Professor of English at Florida State University, USA. He is the author of British Rock Modernism, 1967-1977 (2013) and Music-hall and Modernity (2004), and he is co-editor, with Brady Harrison, of Punk Rock Warlord: The Life and Work of Joe Strummer (2016). Brady Harrison is Professor of English at the University of Montana, USA. He is co-editor of Teaching Western American Literature (2020) and co-editor, with Barry J. Faulk, of Punk Rock Warlord: The Life and Work of Joe Strummer (2016).

If only I had had this book when I began teaching college courses on Bob Dylan in the 1990s, my job would have been a whole lot easier. An invaluable resource!

• List of FiguresAcknowledgementsIntroduction: Bob Dylan, Teacher Barry J. Faulk, Florida State University, USA, and Brady Harrison, University of Montana, USAPart I. Origins & Ways of Making 1. Teaching Bob Dylan’s Voice and the Old, Weird America John Mac Kilgore, Florida State University, USA2. Bob Dylan and Conceptual Blending Michael Booth, University College Cork, Ireland Part II. Dylan & History 3. Teaching the “Revolutions” of the 1960s through Bob Dylan David R. Shumway, Carnegie Mellon University, USA4. Bob Dylan and the Expansion of the History Classroom Court Carney, Stephen F. Austin State University, USAPart III. Love & Theft 5. Teaching the Gospel Lauren Onkey, George Washington University, USA6. The World of Bob Dylan Gayle Wald, George Washington University, USA7. Teaching the Roots of Bob Dylan as a Mode of Cultural Self-Reflection in the Classroom: Early Rock and Roll and Hip-Hop Robert Reginio, Alfred University, USAPart IV. Dylan & Literary Studies 8. On the Road (Again) with Bob Dylan, A Poet among (Beat) Poets S.E. Gontarski, Florida State University, USA9. Mixing Up the Medicine: A Course on Bob Dylan and the Beats Paul Haney, Emerson College, USA10. Romances with Durango: Teaching Bob Dylan’s Encounter with Mexican Culture Robert Hurd, Anne Arundel Community College, USAPart V. Dylan Beyond the Songs 11. Teaching Chronicles Graley Herren, Xavier University, USA12. Bob Dylan and Documentary Film Leigh H. Edwards, Florida State University, USAPart VI. AfterwordWhy Teach Dylan?Richard F. Thomas, Harvard University, USAAppendix A: Contributor SyllabiAppendix B: Course MaterialsList of ContributorsIndex