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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... through this song is not the sense but the sound of the lyrics , in rhyme and assonance / consonance that appear even in print . Poetic meter holds its own against musical beat , as well , and the harmonica is no more voicelike than are ...
... through this song is not the sense but the sound of the lyrics , in rhyme and assonance / consonance that appear even in print . Poetic meter holds its own against musical beat , as well , and the harmonica is no more voicelike than are ...
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Words and Music by Bob Dylan Betsy Bowden, Bob Dylan. " Napoleon in rags " later : although the recurring tramp figure is always in the third person , the overwhelming presence of " you " makes one expect " I " throughout the song . The ...
Words and Music by Bob Dylan Betsy Bowden, Bob Dylan. " Napoleon in rags " later : although the recurring tramp figure is always in the third person , the overwhelming presence of " you " makes one expect " I " throughout the song . The ...
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... song over with . The tempo actually speeds up during the course of the song . Beginning at M.M. , = 112 , it increases to about 116 and then , during the first refrain , to 120 ( the tempo of the studio version ) . The musicians tend to ...
... song over with . The tempo actually speeds up during the course of the song . Beginning at M.M. , = 112 , it increases to about 116 and then , during the first refrain , to 120 ( the tempo of the studio version ) . The musicians tend to ...
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