Writing Dylan : the songs of a lonesome traveler / Larry David Smith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Smith, Larry David, author.

Series:

Gale eBooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Dylan, Bob.

Popular music--United States--History and criticism.

Popular music.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 585 pages)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Distribution:

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2023.

Place of Publication:

Westport, CT : Praeger, 2018.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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Summary:

This study of Dylan's mission-driven music reveals a functional approach to art that not only sustained his 60-year career but forever changed an art form. The second edition of Writing Dylan: The Songs of a Lonesome Traveler examines Nobel Laureate Bob Dylan's historic career, yielding unique insights into a distinctively American artist's creative world. The book opens with a short biography and description of Dylan's artistic method before diving into the seven missions of his life's work. Chapters are supported by song lyrics, of which the author's license agreement with Bob Dylan Music enables a definitive presentation. Since the release of the first edition in 2005, the laureate has produced three albums of original material as well as three widely praised albums of American standards. Columbia Records has issued multiple boxed sets chronicling specific periods of Dylan's career, and several films have been made about him. Dylan himself has also given numerous speeches and interviews, often while accepting prestigious awards. This second edition not only features these new materials but draws on them to recast the first edition, presenting Dylan's music as an indelible art form.

Contents:

Preface The Nobel Bob's Story Bob's Way The Missions: A Playbill Mission One: Discovery Mission Two: Rebellion Mission Three: Recovery Mission Four: Reorientation Mission Five: Service Mission Six: Reorientation II Mission Seven: Service II The Show: 1988-2018 Writing Dylan, Revisited References Copyrights Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9798216039709

9798216169109

9781440861598

1440861595

OCLC:

1043975139