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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And because he stumbles on misty mountains , as the song begins , it will be
difficult to reflect a message through that mist , at the end , especially if he has
broken his mirrors . Oceans and mountains frame the song , then : the narrator ' s
...
And because he stumbles on misty mountains , as the song begins , it will be
difficult to reflect a message through that mist , at the end , especially if he has
broken his mirrors . Oceans and mountains frame the song , then : the narrator ' s
...
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The action begins as the man , after Isis marries and then leaves him , strikes out
into a wilderness where he can tell wrong from right and dark from light . “ I cut off
my hair , ” he begins . Hairstyle indicates social status in almost every society .
The action begins as the man , after Isis marries and then leaves him , strikes out
into a wilderness where he can tell wrong from right and dark from light . “ I cut off
my hair , ” he begins . Hairstyle indicates social status in almost every society .
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The unadventurous vocalizing that ends the song is a fulfillment , perhaps , of the
uncertainty with which it begins . In the other two concert versions , the distinctive
opening instrumentation gathers in audience attention with each descending ...
The unadventurous vocalizing that ends the song is a fulfillment , perhaps , of the
uncertainty with which it begins . In the other two concert versions , the distinctive
opening instrumentation gathers in audience attention with each descending ...
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Contents
Causes | 4 |
Texts and Recording Information | 183 |
Dylans Albums Arranged | 207 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Performed Literature: Words and Music by Bob Dylan |
| Authors | Betsy Bowden, Bob Dylan |
| Photographs by | Bob Dylan |
| Publisher | Indiana University Press, 1982 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 11 May 2010 |
| ISBN | 025334347X, 9780253343475 |
| Length | 239 pages |
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