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A towering figure in American culture and a global
twentieth-century icon, Bob Dylan has been at the centre of
American life for over forty years. The Cambridge Companion to Bob
Dylan brings fresh insights into the imposing range of Dylan''s
creative output. The first Part approaches Dylan''s output
thematically, tracing the evolution of Dylan''s writing and his
engagement with American popular music, religion, politics, fame,
and his work as a songwriter and performer. Essays in Part II
analyse his landmark albums to examine the consummate artistry of
Dylan''s most accomplished studio releases. As a writer Dylan has
courageously chronicled and interpreted many of the cultural
upheavals in America since World War II. This book will be
invaluable both as a guide for students of Dylan and
twentieth-century culture, and for his fans, providing a set of new
perspectives on a much-loved writer and composer.
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Acknowledgments vii
Notes on contributors viii
Chronology of Dylan’s life xii
A Dylan’s lyrics xviii
Introduction
Kevin J. H. Dettmar
Part I Perspectives
1Bob Dylan and the Anglo-American tradition
David Yaffe
2Bob Dylan and Rolling Thunder
Michael Denning
3Bob Dylan as songwriter
Anthony DeCurtis
4Bob Dylan as performer
Alan Light
5Bob Dylan and collaboration
Martin Jacobi
6Bob Dylan and gender politics
Barbara O’Dair
7Bob Dylan and religion
R. Clifton Spargo and Anne K. Ream
8Bob Dylan and the Academy
Lee Marshall
9Bob Dylan as cultural icon
David R. Shumway
Part II Landmark albums
10The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan 1963
Eric Bulson
11Bringing It All Back Home 1965
Jean Tamarin
12Highway 61 Revisited 1965
Robert Polito
13Blonde on Blonde 1966
Michael Coyle and Debra Rae Cohen
14The Basement Tapes 1967; 1975
Alex Abramovich
15Blood on the Tracks 1975
Carrie Brownstein
16Infidels 1983
Jonathan Lethem
17“Love and Theft” 2001
Eric Lott
Works cited
Index
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