Dylan, Lennon, Marx and God / Jon Stewart.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Stewart, Jon (Jonathan David), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Dylan, Bob, 1941---Criticism and interpretation.
• Lennon, John, 1940-1980--Criticism and interpretation.
• Popular music--Political aspects.
• Music and philosophy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 238 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, England ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2022.

Summary:

Bob Dylan and John Lennon are two of the most iconic names in popular music. Dylan is arguably the twentieth century's most important singer-songwriter. Lennon was founder and leader of the Beatles who remain, by some margin, the most covered songwriters in history. While Dylan erased the boundaries between pop and poetry, Lennon and his band transformed the genre's creative potential. The parallels between the two men are striking but underexplored. This book addresses that lack. Jon Stewart discusses Dylan's and Lennon's relationship; their politics; their understanding of history; and their deeply held spiritual beliefs. In revealing how each artist challenged the restrictive social norms of their day, the author shows how his subjects asked profound moral questions about what it means to be human and how we should live. His book is a potent meditation and exploration of two emblematic figures whose brilliance changed Western music for a generation.

Contents:

• Cover
• Half-title page
• Title page
• Copyright page
• Dedication
• Contents
• List of Figures
• List of Tables
• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• Chapter 1 Introduction
• Chapter 2 Dylan, Lennon and Dual Biography
• Introduction: Dual Biography
• Dylan and the Beatles: Mutual Approbation, Balanced Reciprocity
• Dylan and Lennon, 1964-1966
• Dylan and Lennon, 1968 Onwards
• Conclusion: Dylan's and Lennon's Cultural Correlations
• Chapter 3 Dylan, Lennon and Anti-War Protest Music
• Introduction
• R. Serge Denisoff: Magnetic, Rhetorical and Introspective Songs
• R. Serge Denisoff: Adaptations and the 'Movement Artist'
• Bob Dylan's Anti-War Protest Music
• Dylan's Magnetic Songs, 1962
• Dylan's Rhetorical Songs, 1962-1963
• Dylan's Introspective Songs, 1964-1965
• John Lennon's Anti-War Protest Music
• Lennon's Introspective Songs, 1965-1969
• Lennon's Rhetorical Songs, 1967-1969
• Lennon's Magnetic Songs, 1969-1973
• Conclusion: Lennon as Exemplary Movement Artist
• Chapter 4 John Lennon and History
• Overview: 'Always Historicise!'
• Introduction: John Lennon and History
• Lennon's First Horizon: Imperial Artefacts
• Lennon's Second Horizon: Class Antagonism
• Lennon's Third Horizon: Consciousness
• Chapter 5 Bob Dylan and History
• Dylan's First Horizon: Literary Artefacts
• Dylan's Second Horizon: The Individual
• Dylan's Third Horizon: Nature
• Conclusion: Dylan's and Lennon's Distinctive Historicity
• Chapter 6 Dylan, Lennon and Spirituality
• Dylan's and Lennon's Spirituality
• Ontological Naturalism and Evolutionary Psychology
• Mind-Body Dualism: Consciousness and the Soul
• Dylan's Mind-Body Dualism
• Lennon's Mind-Body Dualism
• Dylan's Hyperactive Agency Attribution
• Lennon's Hyperactive Agency Attribution
• Dylan's Evolved Moral Systems.
• Lennon's Evolved Moral Systems
• Dylan's Promiscuous Teleology
• Lennon's Promiscuous Teleology
• Conclusion
• Chapter 7 Conclusion
• Appendices
• Appendix 1 Detailed Chronology
• Appendix 2 Bob Dylan and the Beatles
• Appendix 3 Bob Dylan's 'Backing Band', 1965-1969
• References
• Index.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Feb 2022).

ISBN:

• 1-108-80332-6
• 1-108-80982-0
• 1-108-77947-6

OCLC:

1311313255