Performed literature : the art of Bob Dylan / Betsy Bowden.
| Author/creator | Bowden, Betsy |
| Other author | Dylan, Bob, 1941- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©1982. |
| Description | x, 239 pages ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Protests -- Developments -- Performances -- Causes -- Effects -- Improvements -- Aesthetics -- Appendix A. Texts and recording information for performances discussed -- Appendix B. Dylan's albums 1961-1976 -- Appendix C. Practical suggestions for analysis of performance. |
| Abstract | Bob 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: Words and Music by Bob Dylan," 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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographies, discography, and index. |
| LCCN | 81007217 |
| ISBN | 025334347X |
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