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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... album really takes a curious turn , and becomes a ' folk ' album in a completely different sense of the word . " But later issues of Sing Out ! do not continue Nelson's review . Jon Landau is more comfortable within his medium - the ...
... album really takes a curious turn , and becomes a ' folk ' album in a completely different sense of the word . " But later issues of Sing Out ! do not continue Nelson's review . Jon Landau is more comfortable within his medium - the ...
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... [ album ] 13 Confessions [ treatise ] 163 Crawdaddy ! [ periodical ] 165 , 167 Desire [ 1976 album ] 45 , 244n18 Don't Look Back [ film ] 5,31 , 126 , 133 Another Side of Bob Dylan [ 1964 album ] Doonesbury [ comic strip ] 3 22 , 104 ...
... [ album ] 13 Confessions [ treatise ] 163 Crawdaddy ! [ periodical ] 165 , 167 Desire [ 1976 album ] 45 , 244n18 Don't Look Back [ film ] 5,31 , 126 , 133 Another Side of Bob Dylan [ 1964 album ] Doonesbury [ comic strip ] 3 22 , 104 ...
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... [ album ] 76 My Bohemian Existence [ book ] 163 Nashville Skyline [ 1969 album ] 45 New Musical Express [ periodical ] 242n3 New Society [ periodical ] 166 New York Times [ periodical ] 26 , 167 On the Tracks [ periodical ] vii Song and ...
... [ album ] 76 My Bohemian Existence [ book ] 163 Nashville Skyline [ 1969 album ] 45 New Musical Express [ periodical ] 242n3 New Society [ periodical ] 166 New York Times [ periodical ] 26 , 167 On the Tracks [ periodical ] vii Song and ...
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