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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Page 151
appropriately down-spirited lines of the standard version. In the outtake
descending organ chords back up lines much more frequently, sometimes
detracting from the sense of the words. For instance, such chords behind "losing
every battle" ...
appropriately down-spirited lines of the standard version. In the outtake
descending organ chords back up lines much more frequently, sometimes
detracting from the sense of the words. For instance, such chords behind "losing
every battle" ...
Page 152
The lyrics of the second verse are much altered: the narrator in the outtake lyrics
is more in control of his situation. Instead of running into a fortune teller, he takes
the initiative to seek out a prediction. The personification of "peace and quiet" ...
The lyrics of the second verse are much altered: the narrator in the outtake lyrics
is more in control of his situation. Instead of running into a fortune teller, he takes
the initiative to seek out a prediction. The personification of "peace and quiet" ...
Page 154
The development of emotional mood during the course of the standard "Idiot
Wind" makes it work better in print than does the outtake. But because these are
songs, not poems, the overall emotional effectiveness of the two versions might
have ...
The development of emotional mood during the course of the standard "Idiot
Wind" makes it work better in print than does the outtake. But because these are
songs, not poems, the overall emotional effectiveness of the two versions might
have ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Performed Literature: Words and Music by Bob Dylan G - Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Series |
| Authors | Betsy Bowden, Bob Dylan |
| Edition | 2, illustrated |
| Publisher | University Press of America, 2001 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 28 May 2010 |
| ISBN | 0761819479, 9780761819479 |
| Length | 263 pages |
| Subjects | › › Literary Criticism / General Music / Instruction & Study / Songwriting |
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