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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... Leave ... at your own chosen speed I'm not the one ... that you want , Babe I'mnottheoneyou ... neeeeeed This vocal phrasing , setting apart imperative verbs , possibly reinforces the sense of the lyrics : " Leave " is a clear command ...
... Leave ... at your own chosen speed I'm not the one ... that you want , Babe I'mnottheoneyou ... neeeeeed This vocal phrasing , setting apart imperative verbs , possibly reinforces the sense of the lyrics : " Leave " is a clear command ...
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... leave them by your gate ] Or , sad - eyed lady , should I wait ? With your sheets like metal and your belt like lace And your deck of cards missing the jack and the ace And your basement clothes and your hollow face Who among them can ...
... leave them by your gate ] Or , sad - eyed lady , should I wait ? With your sheets like metal and your belt like lace And your deck of cards missing the jack and the ace And your basement clothes and your hollow face Who among them can ...
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... leave them by your gate Or , sad - eyed lady , should I wait ? Oh , the farmers and the businessmen , they all did decide To show you where the dead angels are that they used to hide [ To show you the dead angels that they used to hide ] ...
... leave them by your gate Or , sad - eyed lady , should I wait ? Oh , the farmers and the businessmen , they all did decide To show you where the dead angels are that they used to hide [ To show you the dead angels that they used to hide ] ...
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