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Light Come Shining : The Transformations of Bob Dylan - Andrew McCarron
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Light Come Shining

The Transformations of Bob Dylan

By: Andrew McCarron

Hardcover | 27 April 2017

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Bob Dylan is the prince of self-reinvention and deflection. Whether it's the folkies of Greenwich Village, the student movement of the 1960s and 1970s, Born Again Christians, the Chabad Lubavitch community, or English Department postmodernists, specific intellectual and sociopolitical groups have repeatedly claimed Bob Dylan as their spokesperson. But in the words of filmmaker Todd Haynes, who cast six actors to depict different facets of Dylan's life and artistic personae in his 2009 film I'm Not There, "The minute you try to grab hold of Dylan, he's no longer where he was."

In Light Come Shining, writer Andrew McCarron uses psychological tools to examine three major turning points - or transformations - in Bob Dylan's life: the aftermath of his 1966 motorcycle "accident," his Born Again conversion in 1978, and his recommitment to songwriting and performing in 1987. With fascinating insight, McCarron reveals how a common script undergirds Dylan's self-explanations of these changes; and, at the heart of this script, illuminates a fascinating story of spiritual death and rebirth that has captivated us all for generations.
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"McCarron successfully makes a mysterious figure a touch less mysterious."--Kirkus "This is a crash course on Dylan's oeuvre and a rich examination of his influences, using his own lyrics and words culled from various interviews to uncover the essence of the man himself. A fascinating exploration of the endlessly intriguing new Nobel laureate."--Booklist "Meticulously researched and well-argued."--Maclean's "A very engaging and insightful biography of an iconoclast."--Anniston Star "Fascinating and inventive."--Houston Press "McCarron's book shines a light on aspects of [Bob Dylan's] ever-puzzling evolution."--Moment Magazine "Andrew McCarron hasn't written yet another chronicle of banalities in a rock star's life but instead has done something deeper, more interesting."--Shepherd Express "A legendary cultural icon, Bob Dylan has been the subject of countless books and articles ranging from trivial to scholarly. Is yet another book about him really needed? In this case, the answer is yes."--CHOICE Reviews

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