The World of Bob Dylan
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- Author：Sean Latham
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Summary
Bob Dylan has helped transform music， literature， pop culture， and even politics。 The World of Bob Dylan chronicles a lifetime of creative invention that has made a global impact。 Leading rock and pop critics and music scholars address themes and topics central to Dylan's life and work: the Blues， his religious faith， Civil Rights， Gender， Race， and American and World literature。 Incorporating a rich array of new archival material from never before accessed archives， The World of Bob Dylan offers a comprehensive， uniquely informed and wholly fresh account of the songwriter， artist， filmmaker， and Nobel Laureate whose unique voice has permanently reshaped our cultural landscape。
Reviews
J Earl
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The World of Bob Dylan， edited by Sean Latham， is an enlightening collection of essays looking at Dylan from many different perspectives。 Taken separately， the essays are interesting， but together they offer something for every Dylan fan and quite a lot for those interested in him in relation to other topics。I won't rehash every essay， this isn't a book report， but I will say that the book touches on his influences and his influence， both musically and societally。 In the process there is a lot o The World of Bob Dylan， edited by Sean Latham， is an enlightening collection of essays looking at Dylan from many different perspectives。 Taken separately， the essays are interesting， but together they offer something for every Dylan fan and quite a lot for those interested in him in relation to other topics。I won't rehash every essay， this isn't a book report， but I will say that the book touches on his influences and his influence， both musically and societally。 In the process there is a lot of biographical information but， obviously， a collection of essays is not a biography。 If you truly want some insight beyond just what happened in his life and career， this will offer a great deal。 If you think insight is just more trivia about a person's life， well， there is some of that here but it isn't what is highlighted nor is that what the book is about。I have enjoyed several books recently， well， past year or so， that look at a person's life and career through various essays。 I am finding such books very interesting because， as long as you know the basic biography of the figure， the essays offer deep looks at focused aspects。 The two that jump to mind are 42 Today about Jackie Robinson and Long Walk Home about Bruce Springsteen。 If you're looking for something about a figure that goes a bit beyond simply a life story， these types of collections seem， to me， to offer a great deal。 Admittedly， these are no substitute for a good biography， more like a wonderful supplement。In addition to fans of Dylan， I would recommend this to readers interested in the intersection of popular culture with social justice as well as the interplay between different musical genres and between music and literature。Reviewed from a copy made available by the publisher via NetGalley。 。。。more
Bagus
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This volume will be intriguing for any Dylan fans out there， especially those who have read the best-selling memoir of the controversial musician Chronicles: Volume One。 If you have not read Dylan’s memoir， I would recommend you to do so。 Because you will be missing a lot of precious information on ‘Dylanology’ that is discussed in this volume。 As one of the authors here suggest， there are not much artists out there whose names could be added with the suffix ‘-logy’ as though it denotes the comp This volume will be intriguing for any Dylan fans out there， especially those who have read the best-selling memoir of the controversial musician Chronicles: Volume One。 If you have not read Dylan’s memoir， I would recommend you to do so。 Because you will be missing a lot of precious information on ‘Dylanology’ that is discussed in this volume。 As one of the authors here suggest， there are not much artists out there whose names could be added with the suffix ‘-logy’ as though it denotes the complexities of understanding a person。 Many of the resources that the authors use here come from The Bob Dylan Archive which has been established in March 2016。 Dylan’s memoir is full of plagiarism accusations with many uncredited quotations from journalists here and there， and the controversy did not stop with how journalists and scholars alike spotted passages chopped out of SparkNotes in writing his Nobel lecture。 This volume discusses this question which is still plaguing us: “Who exactly is Bob Dylan？”Dylan flirted with many genres in pursuing his artistic expressions。 It’s hardly thinkable now when he was booed by his audience during his concert at Newport Folk Festival in 1965 as he staged an electric sound with black jeans， high-heeled boots and sunglasses。 At that time， the folk purists seem to misunderstand his statement and what constituted Bob Dylan as a whole。 He did not come out of anywhere with electric guitar and play Like A Rolling Stone as though he betrayed the folk scenes to turn into rock and roll。 Several songs in Dylan’s 1962 debut album include electric guitar as one of the instruments played。 But more than anything else， this volume is successful in my opinion in explaining Dylan’s flirts with musicians from the blues， gospel， country， as well as rock scenes and how they are related to his musical expressions and how the Great American Songbook influences him。 The question of authenticity is also discussed a lot in this volume， as Dylan seems to take many influences from previous works that his works could be counted as hardly original。 One of the earliest allegations was the accusation by Newsweek magazine in November 1963 that Dylan stole Blowin' in the Wind from a high school student called Lorre Wyatt。 The allegation turned out to be untrue。 However， there are many sources which try to trace the origin of the song such as Alan Lomax who discusses in his The Folk Songs of North America that the song was originated in Canada and was sung by former slaves who fled after Britain abolished slavery in 1833， or Pete Seeger who identified the melody of the song as an adaptation of the old African American spiritual song No More Auction Block/We Shall Overcome。 Whichever source is correct， it goes without saying that there are no artists without influences and the only thing that would differentiate the academic quality of quotations would be the credited references。 This volume through various authors could manage to intrigue us in tracing Dylan’s many influences and in what way they could be traced to his works。Another controversial part of Dylan would be the decision of the Swedish Academy to award the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2016 to him。 An author in this volume notes that the Nobel went to Dylan in the same year as the year the Man Booker Prize was awarded for the first time to an American with Paul Beatty’s The Sellout。 One year previously， the Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to an oral historian and documentarist Svetlana Alexievich who writes about the many sufferings that exist as the result of the disintegration of the Soviet Union。 The turn of tides have come， and there are many ways to interpret the Swedish Academy’s decision as partial recognition of the broader way literature has become， for which Dylan has been awarded accordingly: "for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition。" Many of the research in this volume is recent and they discuss the intertextuality of Dylan’s works which in turn influence a singer-songwriter such as him to finally become a Nobel laureate。The essays in this volume are academic， and clearly not intended for popular reading。 You’ll have to be really interested with Bob Dylan and at least have read a bit about his life （Chronicles would be a book to go to）。 Most of the essays require slow reading and careful interpretation。 Sometimes I would also play Dylan’s albums or songs in between the essays to be able to grasp the discussed ideas better。 This is also clearly not a biography of Bob Dylan， as it skips many of his life stories and the timeline jumps frequently。 But it’s a really insightful approach to understand the complexities of the many until we can finally answer briefly the question: “Who is Bob Dylan？” Sadly， “The answer is blowin’ in the wind。”===I received the electronic Advance Reader Copy from Cambridge University Press through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review。 。。。more
Dennis
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This is an impressive collection which looks at Dylan in twenty-seven chapters by different writers， each focusing on his career through a different focus， some broad and some narrow。 His music is looked at through the genres of folk， blues， gospel， country， rock， roots， and the Great American Songbook。 Other topics include religion， literature including the Beats， gender， counterculture， civil rights， biographies， and many more。 Most of the authors are college professors writing in non-academic This is an impressive collection which looks at Dylan in twenty-seven chapters by different writers， each focusing on his career through a different focus， some broad and some narrow。 His music is looked at through the genres of folk， blues， gospel， country， rock， roots， and the Great American Songbook。 Other topics include religion， literature including the Beats， gender， counterculture， civil rights， biographies， and many more。 Most of the authors are college professors writing in non-academic style; others are music critics and independent writers。Lots of information and thought-provoking ideas， so recommended to anyone interested in Dylan。Thanks to Cambridge University Press and NetGalley for an advance copy to review。 。。。more
Lisa Konet
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Fantastic biography of Bob Dylan。 It mentions most of his life but also the music。 I could not put this down and finished in a few days。 A true poet for music and a lyricist master。 A must read for any Bob Dylan fan。 Highly recommended。Thanks to Netgalley， Sean Latham and Cambridge University Press for an ARC in exchange for an honest review。Available: 4/27/21
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