Bob Dylan : like a complete unknown / David Yaffe.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Yaffe, David.

Miller, Mark Crispin, Author.

Series:

Icons of America.

Icons of America

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dylan, Bob, 1941-.

Dylan, Bob.

Singers--United States--Biography.

Singers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xix, 171 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Bob Dylan is an iconic figure in American musical and cultural history, lauded by Time magazine as one of the hundred most important people of the twentieth century. For nearly fifty years the singer-songwriter has crafted his unique brand of music, from his 1962 self-titled debut album to 2009's #1 hit Together Through Life, appealing to everyone from baby boomers to the twenty-somethings who storm the stage at his concerts. In Bob Dylan: Like a Complete Unknown, literary scholar and music critic David Yaffe considers Dylan from four perspectives: his complicated relationship to blackness (including his involvement in the civil rights movement and a secret marriage with a black backup singer), the underrated influence of his singing style, his fascinating image in films, and his controversial songwriting methods that have led to charges of plagiarism. Each chapter travels from the 1960's to the present, offering a historical perspective on the many facets of Dylan's life and career, exploring the mystery that surrounds the enigmatic singer and revealing the complete unknown Dylan.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Another Side

One. The Cawing, Derisive Voice

Two. Screen Test: The Many Dylans Of The New Millennium

Three. Not Dark Yet: How Bob Dylan Got His Groove Back

Four. Don't Steal, Don't Lift: Appropriation, Artifice, Originality

Afterword: "Now You Can Seal Up The Book And Not Write Anymore"

Appendix: Playlist, O Playlist

Notes

Selected Bibliography

Credits

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613113221

9781283113229

1283113228

9780300171662

0300171668

OCLC:

727951389