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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... Blonde on Blonde . ( For " Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35 , " for example , his slurring helps convey the song's idea that " everybody must get stoned . " ) For instance , he clearly separates the two k sounds in each phrase " think could ...
... Blonde on Blonde . ( For " Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35 , " for example , his slurring helps convey the song's idea that " everybody must get stoned . " ) For instance , he clearly separates the two k sounds in each phrase " think could ...
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... Blonde on Blonde as his best album : The closest I ever got to the sound I hear in my mind was on individual bands in the Blonde on Blonde album . It's that thin , that wild mercury sound . It's metallic and bright gold .... I haven't ...
... Blonde on Blonde as his best album : The closest I ever got to the sound I hear in my mind was on individual bands in the Blonde on Blonde album . It's that thin , that wild mercury sound . It's metallic and bright gold .... I haven't ...
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... Blonde on Blonde , and his 1974 solo performance with acoustic guitar , in concert at the Los Angeles Forum , released on Before the Flood . Although the same performer sings nearly the same words , and although each performance's ...
... Blonde on Blonde , and his 1974 solo performance with acoustic guitar , in concert at the Los Angeles Forum , released on Before the Flood . Although the same performer sings nearly the same words , and although each performance's ...
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