Bob Dylan - Like a Complete Unknown

Informationen zum Autor David Yaffe is assistant professor of English at Syracuse University and the author of Fascinating Rhythm: Reading Jazz in American Writing . He is a music critic for the Nation and has written articles for the Cambridge Companion to Bob Dylan , the New York Times , Bookforum , New York Magazine , Slate , The New Republic , The Village Voice , and other publications. Klappentext Bob Dylan is an iconic figure in American music and cultural history. This book considers Dylan from four perspectives: his complicated relationship to blackness, the underrated influence of his singing style, his fascinating image in films, and his contr Zusammenfassung Bob Dylan is an iconic figure in American music and cultural history. This book considers Dylan from four perspectives: his complicated relationship to blackness! the underrated influence of his singing style! his fascinating image in films! and his controversial songwriting methods that have led to charges of plagiarism.

Product details

• Authors: Mark Crispin Miller, David Yaffe, Yaffe David
• Assisted by: Mark Crispin Miller (Editor)
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.07.2012
• EAN: 9780300181876
• ISBN: 978-0-300-18187-6
• No. of pages: 192
• Series: Icons of America; Icons of America (Paperback); Icons of America
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > Monographs; Musikgeschichte, Musiker, Sänger, Bands und Gruppen, Individual composers & musicians, specific bands & groups, Biography & Autobiography / Composers & Musicians, MUSIC / History & Criticism, MUSIC / Individual Composer & Musician, Music / Songbooks, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Folk & Traditional, Biography: arts & entertainment, Folk & traditional music, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Music, Musicians, singers, bands and groups, Composers and songwriters, Biography: arts and entertainment, Folk, Folkloric styles, Traditional and folk music