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Learn moreBob 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.
Anyone seriously into Dylan as an artist should have this book.--On The Tracks
| Preface to the Second Edition | p. v |
| Acknowledgments | p. ix |
| Overview | p. 1 |
| Protests | p. 7 |
| Developments | p. 25 |
| Performances | p. 53 |
| Causes | p. 71 |
| Effects | p. 103 |
| Improvements | p. 125 |
| Aesthetics | p. 159 |
| Texts and Recording Information for Performances Discussed | p. 177 |
| Dylan's Albums 1961-1976 | p. 207 |
| Practical Suggestions for Analysis of Performance | p. 213 |
| Published Reference Sources on Bob Dylan | p. 219 |
| A Dylan Chronology, through 1997 | p. 227 |
| The Dylan Exam, F69, UW Madison | p. 233 |
| Notes | p. 235 |
| Bibliography | p. 249 |
| Index | p. 253 |
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ISBN: 9780761819479
ISBN-10: 0761819479
Audience:
General
Format:
Paperback
Language:
English
Number Of Pages: 280
Published: June 2001
Publisher: UNIV PR OF AMER
Country of Publication: US
Dimensions (cm): 22.61 x 15.24
x 2.29
Weight (kg): 0.43
Edition Number: 2
Edition Type: Revised
