Decoding Dylan : making sense of the songs that changed modern culture / Jim Curtis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Curtis, James M., 1940- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dylan, Bob, 1941---Criticism and interpretation.

Dylan, Bob.

Dylan, Bob, 1941-.

Criticism and interpretation.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

viii, 169 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2019]

Summary:

"Taking readers behind Bob Dylan's familiar image as the enigmatic rebel of the 1960s, this book reveals a different view. Drawing on revelations from Dylan's memoir Chronicles and a variety of other sources, the author arrives at a new interpretation of his work, which revolutionized American music and won him the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2016"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Section I Theories and Practices

1 Bob Dylan: His Biography and His Career p. 7

2 The Early Years in New York p. 27

3 Affinities with Franz Kafka, T.S. Eliot and Pablo Picasso p. 51

Section II Songs and Songwriting

4 Songs of Transcendence-Highway 61 Revisited and Blonde on Blonde p. 73

Table 1 Chronology of Songs p. 74

Table 2 Night Songs p. 87

5 Songs of Assimilation-John Wesley Harding and Nashville Skyline p. 95

6 "Putting a Certain Orderliness to the Chaos" p. 103

Table 3 Rhyme Forms in Dylan's Songs of the Early 1960s p. 106

Table 4 Rhyme Forms in Dylan's Songs of the Late 1960s p. 107

Table 5 Examples of Triple Rhymes in Tin Pan Alley Songs p. 112

Table 6 Triple Rhymes or More in Some American Songs (1968-1984) p. 114

7 Dylan and Springsteen p. 118

8 The Real Revolution of the 1960s p. 129

Table 7 Chronologies of Early Successes of Dylan, Barbra Streisand and Woody Allen by Approximate Age p. 133.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781476678450

1476678456

OCLC:

1076807338