Performed Literature: Words and Music by Bob DylanBob Dylan is not a poet. He is a singer-songwriter, a performing artist. The unit of his art, as collected and documented by his intended audience, is the live performance. Right now, no existing technological tool can give researchers ready access to his entire corpus of work. Revised from the author's Ph.D. dissertation (UC Berkeley, 1978) and again from its first edition (Indiana UP, 1982), Performed Literature develops a methodology for close analysis of verbal art that is heard, not seen, using as comparative examples 24 performances of 11 songs by Bob Dylan. The second edition adds a preface, two major appendices and one minor one, and a detailed index. |
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... Italy She inherited a million bucks And when she died it came to me I can't help it if I'm lucky People see me all the time And they just can't remember how to act Their minds are filled with big ideas Images and distorted facts And ...
... Italy She inherited a million bucks And when she died it came to me I can't help it if I'm lucky People see me all the time And they just can't remember how to act Their minds are filled with big ideas Images and distorted facts And ...
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... Italy . [ N.B. At this point this chronology will cease listings for The Never - Ending Tour . Full information continues to appear in sources available from the information services named in my " Preface to the Second Edition . " ] 23 ...
... Italy . [ N.B. At this point this chronology will cease listings for The Never - Ending Tour . Full information continues to appear in sources available from the information services named in my " Preface to the Second Edition . " ] 23 ...
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... Italy 139 , 153 Kingsport [ Tennessee ] 160 Last Judgment 42 Liverpool [ U.K. ] 26,95 London [ U.K. ] 3 , 26 , 95 , 104 , 122 Long Island [ New York ] 45 New York City ( continued ) Chelsea Hotel 39 C.U.N.Y. 169 Columbia Studios ...
... Italy 139 , 153 Kingsport [ Tennessee ] 160 Last Judgment 42 Liverpool [ U.K. ] 26,95 London [ U.K. ] 3 , 26 , 95 , 104 , 122 Long Island [ New York ] 45 New York City ( continued ) Chelsea Hotel 39 C.U.N.Y. 169 Columbia Studios ...
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