The World of Bob Dylan

Cambridge University Press, 5/6/2021
EAN 9781108499514, ISBN10: 1108499511

Hardcover, 370 pages, 22.9 x 15.9 x 2.5 cm
Language: English
Originally published in English

Bob Dylan has helped transform music, literature, pop culture, and even politics. The World of Bob Dylan chronicles a lifetime of creative invention that has made a global impact. Leading rock and pop critics and music scholars address themes and topics central to Dylan's life and work: the Blues, his religious faith, Civil Rights, Gender, Race, and American and World literature. Incorporating a rich array of new archival material from never before accessed archives, The World of Bob Dylan offers a comprehensive, uniquely informed and wholly fresh account of the songwriter, artist, filmmaker, and Nobel Laureate whose unique voice has permanently reshaped our cultural landscape.

Introduction Sean Latham
I. Creative Life
1. A Chronology of Bob Dylan's Life Kevin Dettmar and Sean Latham
2. The Biographies Andrew Muir
3. Songwriting Sean Latham 4. The Singles
A Playlist for Framing Dylan's Recording Art Keith Negus
II. Musical Contexts
5. Folk Music Ronald D. Cohen
6. The Blues
'Kill Everybody Ever Done Me Wrong' Greil Marcus
7. Gospel Music Gayle Wald
8. Country Music
Dylan, Cash, and the Projection of Authenticity Leigh H. Edwards
9. Rock Music Ira Wells
10. Roots Music
Born in a Basement Kim Ruehl
11. The Great American Songbook
'Better Duck Down the [Tin Pan] Alley Way, Lookin' for a New Friend' Larry Starr
III. Cultural Contexts
12. American Literature Florence Dore
13. World Literature Anne-Marie Mai
14. The Beats Steven Belletto
15. Theatre Damian A. Carpenter
16. Visual Arts
Goya's Kiss Raphael Falco
17. Borrowing Kevin Dettmar
18. Judaism
Saturnine Melancholy and Dylan's Jewish Gnosis Elliot R. Wolfson
19. Christianity
An Exegesis of Modern Times Andrew McCarron
IV. Political Contexts
20. The Civil Rights Movement Will Kaufman
21. The Counterculture Michael J. Kramer
22. Gender and Sexuality
Bob Dylan's Body Ann Powers
23. Justice Lisa O'Neill-Sanders
V. Reception and Legacy
24. The Bob Dylan Brand Devon Powers
25. The Nobel Prize
The Dramaturgy of Consecration James F. English
26. Stardom and Fandom David R. Shumway
27. The Bob Dylan Archive® Mark Davidson.