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Klappentext A lively set of new essays on Dylan's work as a writer and composer and on his place in American culture.A towering figure in American culture and a global twentieth-century icon, Bob Dylan has been at the centre of American life for over forty years. This book will be invaluable both as a guide for students of Dylan and twentieth-century culture, and for his fans, providing a set of new perspectives on a much-loved writer and composer. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chronology; Introduction Kevin J. H. Dettmar; Part I. Perspectives: 1. Bob Dylan and the Anglo-American tradition David Yaffe; 2. Bob Dylan and 'The Great Recession' Michael Denning; 3. Bob Dylan as songwriter Anthony DeCurtis; 4. Bob Dylan as performer Alan Light; 5. Bob Dylan and collaboration Martin Jacobi; 6. Bob Dylan and gender politics Barbara O'Dair; 7. Bob Dylan and religion R. Clifton Spargo and Anne Ream; 8. Bob Dylan and the Academy Lee Marshall; 9. Bob Dylan as cultural icon David Shumway; Part II. Landmark Albums: 10. The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan (1963) Eric Bulson; 11. Bringing It All Back Home (1965) Jean Tamarin; 12. Highway 61 Revisited (1965) Robert Polito; 13. Blonde on Blonde (1966) Michael Coyle and Debra Rae Cohen; 14. The Basement Tapes (1967; 1975) Alex Abramovich; 15. Blood on the Tracks (1975) Carrie Brownstein; 16. Infidels (1983) Jonathan Lethem; 17. Love and Theft (2001) Eric Lott; Works cited.
