After the flood : inside Bob Dylan's memory palace / Robert Polito.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Polito, Robert, 1951- Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Dylan, Bob.

Dylan, Bob, 1941---Religion.

Dylan, Bob, 1941---Performances.

Popular music--History and criticism.

Popular music.

Genre:

Biographies.

Literary criticism.

Physical Description:

xix, 360 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Liveright Publishing Corporation, [2026]

Summary:

A study of the later career of singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, focusing on his creative output from 1991 through 2023. Drawing on materials from the Bob Dylan Archive in Tulsa, Oklahoma, as well as published and unpublished lyrics, liner notes, recordings, films, and prose works, the book examines Dylan's artistic development during this period. Organized thematically and chronologically, it analyzes his albums, performances, and writings within broader historical and cultural contexts, including references to American history, world literature, and popular music traditions. The volume positions Dylan's later work as a significant phase in his career and explores its literary, musical, and historical dimensions.

Contents:

Preface: Shadows are falling

'Admittedly, lies, fear, muddle, fury, the dead and their ghosts...'

'Backdrop: One version of my book's story goes...'

'Chronology and facts aside...'

'Dylan live-or as some of his tour posters...'

'Everything Dylan put into practice...'

'False impressions. Figmeents. Fragments. Phantoms...'

'Gatsby...? First take note of the obvious...'

'Hell, first with a small 'h'...'

'I wish someone would have mentioned that to the me earlier...'

'Just whne you thought...'

'Latin at Boston College High School...'

'Memento mori...'

'Night is always at night...'

'Oh! I have suffered / With those I saw suffer...'

'Piano. Who's playing...?'

'Quotations - a too partial...'

'Rewrite O. It was to be the section...'

'Sinatra, and not just once, but three distinct spins...'

'Trial runs, false starts...'

'Unless, of course, he dies first...'

'Venice. The Grand Canal. The Palazzo. Chandeliers. Mirrors on mirrors...'

'Where are we? After a nearly two-year suspension...'

'X the unknown variable, but X rays, too...'

'You walk into the room...'

'Zero hour? Zero hour - Bob Dylan's late albums tend...'

Acknowledgments

Bibliography/Works cited

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-337) and index.

Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award in Biography.

ISBN:

9780871402936

0871402939

OCLC:

1536123457