The Cambridge Companion to Bob Dylan

by Edited by Kevin J. H. Dettmar

• ISBN13: 9780521714945
• ISBN10: 052171494X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-04-20
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

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.

Table of Contents

Chronology

Introduction

Perspectives

Bob Dylan and the Anglo-American tradition

Bob Dylan and 'The Great Recession'

Bob Dylan as songwriter

Bob Dylan as performer

Bob Dylan and collaboration

Bob Dylan and gender politics

Bob Dylan and religion

Bob Dylan and the Academy

Bob Dylan as cultural icon

Landmark Albums

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan (1963)

Bringing It All Back Home (1965)

Highway 61 Revisited (1965)

Blonde on Blonde (1966)

The Basement Tapes (1967; 1975)

Blood on the Tracks (1975)

Infidels (1983)

Love and Theft (2001)

Works cited

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