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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... Someone to close his heart . " The implied ( and prepositional ) contrast between " ledge " and " ground " makes the ... Someone " to take her into his heart , closing it afterward to anyone else . But instead that someone's heart might ...
... Someone to close his heart . " The implied ( and prepositional ) contrast between " ledge " and " ground " makes the ... Someone " to take her into his heart , closing it afterward to anyone else . But instead that someone's heart might ...
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... someone else is welcome to launch the issue . Most textual variations in this version , predictably , force words to fit into spaces being defined by music . The last B line in the song , for example , adjusts its syllables to the beat ...
... someone else is welcome to launch the issue . Most textual variations in this version , predictably , force words to fit into spaces being defined by music . The last B line in the song , for example , adjusts its syllables to the beat ...
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... someone Who'll pick you up each time you fall [ B , 74 , 75 : Who'll pick you up every time you fall ] To gather flowers constantly [ 74 , 75 : Someone to gather flowers constantly ] And to come each time you call [ B , 74 , 75 : And to ...
... someone Who'll pick you up each time you fall [ B , 74 , 75 : Who'll pick you up every time you fall ] To gather flowers constantly [ 74 , 75 : Someone to gather flowers constantly ] And to come each time you call [ B , 74 , 75 : And to ...
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