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 87
... contrast to those auxiliary " used to's . On the streets , she has to get " used to " whatever all " it " is ; she used to be in control of her surroundings , but here and now she must adjust . The oo part of the yew diphthong in this ...
... contrast to those auxiliary " used to's . On the streets , she has to get " used to " whatever all " it " is ; she used to be in control of her surroundings , but here and now she must adjust . The oo part of the yew diphthong in this ...
Page 93
... contrast to the rolling - stone image of every refrain . Even outside the context of this song , diamonds and stones are hard minerals with contrasting associations of wealth and dirt . A diamond ring symbolizes sexuality in its WASP ...
... contrast to the rolling - stone image of every refrain . Even outside the context of this song , diamonds and stones are hard minerals with contrasting associations of wealth and dirt . A diamond ring symbolizes sexuality in its WASP ...
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... contrast to the smug materialism of the triply rhymed phrase " got it made . " And " babe " is street - world warning , reaching her now in the disrespectful tone she ignored when addressed as " doll " in the first stanza . The first ...
... contrast to the smug materialism of the triply rhymed phrase " got it made . " And " babe " is street - world warning , reaching her now in the disrespectful tone she ignored when addressed as " doll " in the first stanza . The first ...
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