Bob Dylan: American TroubadourRowman & Littlefield, 14 cze 2023 - 389 “The book’s strength is a thorough assessment of Dylan’s career, album by album, song by song. Both longtime fans and newcomers . . . will appreciate.” —Library Journal With Bob Dylan’s receipt of the Nobel Prize in Literature, his iconic status as an American musical, cultural, and poetic giant has never been more apparent. Bob Dylan: American Troubadour is the first book to look at Dylan’s career, from his first album to his masterpiece Tempest. Donald Brown provides insightful critical commentary on Dylan’s prolific body of work, placing Dylan’s career in the context of its time in order to assess the relationship of Dylan’s music to contemporary American culture. Each chapter follows the shifting versions of Dylan, from his songs of conscientious social involvement to more personal exploratory songs; from his influential rock albums of the mid-1960s to his adaptations of country music; from his three very different tours in the 1970s to his “born again” period as a proselytizer for Christ and his frustrations as a recording and performing artist in the 1980s; from his retrospective importance in the 1990s to the refreshingly vital albums he has been producing in the 21st century. “This concise examination of the Dylan corpus is especially good for younger generations who may want to better understand how a musician in his early seventies can still be so compelling and relevant in twenty-first-century America.”. —Booklist “Fascinating . . . Highly recommended. All readers. —Choice Reviews “A nearly album by album retrospective of one of the most culturally significant and musically influential musicians in modern history.” —Examiner “A must read for Dylan enthusiasts.” —Journal of American Culture |
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3 Rural Glory 1967 | 61 |
4 Take Me As I Am 19681973 | 79 |
5 Back in the Rain 19741978 | 101 |
6 The Changing of the Guard 19781981 | 137 |
7 Rock and Roll Dreams 19831990 | 161 |
8 Good Enough for Now 19891997 | 185 |
9 Bob Dylan Revisited 20002012 | 201 |
Epilogue | 235 |
Further Reading | 239 |
Further Listening | 245 |
Index | 251 |
About the Author | 267 |
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