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 137
But not until Blood on the Tracks do several outtakes survive that are full length ,
with similar words but different sound than in the ... For example , in the outtake “
Tangled Up in Blue , ” the narrator starts out as a third - person pronoun .
But not until Blood on the Tracks do several outtakes survive that are full length ,
with similar words but different sound than in the ... For example , in the outtake “
Tangled Up in Blue , ” the narrator starts out as a third - person pronoun .
Page 151
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 ” make losing , rather than winning , primary . The
dream ...
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 ” make losing , rather than winning , primary . The
dream ...
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 ...
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| Title | Performed Literature: Words and Music by Bob Dylan |
| 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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