Bob Dylan : prophet without God / Jeffrey Edward Green.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Green, Jeffrey E. (Jeffrey Edward), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Dylan, Bob.

Dylan, Bob, 1941---Philosophy.

Dylan, Bob, 1941---Religion.

Popular music--History and criticism.

Popular music.

Popular music--Religious aspects.

Popular music--Moral and ethical aspects.

Music and philosophy.

Dylan, Bob, 1941-.

Philosophy.

Religion.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

pages cm

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2024.

Summary:

"In the first book-length work on Bob Dylan from a philosophical perspective, Bob Dylan: Prophet Without God defends the idea of Dylan as a modern-day prophet, albeit one of an unusual, almost unprecedented type. Dylan speaks to the ideals that have animated earlier prophets-social justice, individual freedom, and adherence to God-but breaks from past tradition in continually insisting on the conflicts between these ideals, leading him to make novel and important contributions to the meaning of self-reliance, the quest for rapprochement between the religious and non-religious, and the question of how ordinary people might operate in a fallen political world. The book aspires to an overarching account of why Dylan fascinates, even as it also explains why Dylan will remain a mysterious and elusive figure. Green places Dylan into conversation with a wide array of historical and contemporary intellectual figures to highlight the originality and significance of Dylan's political, religious, and ethical ideas"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

A Rebel Rebelling Against The Rebellion

Never Could Learn To Drink That Blood And Call It Wine

Strengthen The Things That Remain.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Green, Jeffrey E. (Jeffrey Edward) Bob Dylan

ISBN:

9780197651742

0197651747

OCLC:

1400014591