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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... give my word In a world of steeleyed death and men who are fighting to be warm Come in , she said , I'll give you shelter from the storm Not a word was spoke between us , there was little risk involved Everything up to that point had ...
... give my word In a world of steeleyed death and men who are fighting to be warm Come in , she said , I'll give you shelter from the storm Not a word was spoke between us , there was little risk involved Everything up to that point had ...
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... give you shelter from the storm Now there's a wall between us , something has been lost I took too much for granted , I got my signals crossed Just to think that it all began on a noneventful morn Come in , she said , I'll give you ...
... give you shelter from the storm Now there's a wall between us , something has been lost I took too much for granted , I got my signals crossed Just to think that it all began on a noneventful morn Come in , she said , I'll give you ...
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... give the number of the stanza and its last few words . At the right I give the length , in measures , of the instrumental break . The solid line shows violin . The broken line shows harmonica . Dashes farther apart indicate a screechier ...
... give the number of the stanza and its last few words . At the right I give the length , in measures , of the instrumental break . The solid line shows violin . The broken line shows harmonica . Dashes farther apart indicate a screechier ...
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