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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... Woody Guthrie in Brooklyn State Hospital And though it's only my opinion I may be right or wrong You'll find them both In the Grand Canyon At sundown 13 Guthrie's autobiography inspired Bob Zimmerman to leave Minnesota and begin his own ...
... Woody Guthrie in Brooklyn State Hospital And though it's only my opinion I may be right or wrong You'll find them both In the Grand Canyon At sundown 13 Guthrie's autobiography inspired Bob Zimmerman to leave Minnesota and begin his own ...
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... Woody Guthrie , " in his Writings and Drawings ( New York : Knopf , 1973 ) , p . 56 . 14. See Anthony Scaduto , Bob Dylan ( New York : Grosset & Dunlap , 1971 ) , pp . 39-51 and passim , concerning Woody Guthrie's Bound for Glory ( New ...
... Woody Guthrie , " in his Writings and Drawings ( New York : Knopf , 1973 ) , p . 56 . 14. See Anthony Scaduto , Bob Dylan ( New York : Grosset & Dunlap , 1971 ) , pp . 39-51 and passim , concerning Woody Guthrie's Bound for Glory ( New ...
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... [ Woody Guthrie ] 146 , 153 , 236n8 Times They Are A - Changin ' , The 10 , 53 , 170 , 237n9 , 243n7 To Ramona 52 Tom Dooley [ trad . ] 9 Union Maid [ Woody Guthrie ] 236n8 Visions of Johanna ix , 27 , 137 , 169 We Shall Overcome [ trad ...
... [ Woody Guthrie ] 146 , 153 , 236n8 Times They Are A - Changin ' , The 10 , 53 , 170 , 237n9 , 243n7 To Ramona 52 Tom Dooley [ trad . ] 9 Union Maid [ Woody Guthrie ] 236n8 Visions of Johanna ix , 27 , 137 , 169 We Shall Overcome [ trad ...
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