- Hardcover: 496 pages
- Publisher: Greenwood Press (30 Aug 2005)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0275982459
- ISBN-13: 978-0275982454
- Product Dimensions: 25.9 x 17.8 x 4.1 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,389,464 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"This massive volume is a definitive guide to Dylan's work. Having been granted unprecedented use of Dylan's lyrics in his analysis, the author interprets the narratives, characters, plots, and values Dylan's songs. In doing so he reveals the artist's mission oriented approach to art....[p]rovides deep insight into Dylan's artistic phiolsophy while tracing his evolution as a song craftsman, and a voice for humanity....Few artists in popular music have had as long a career or so strong an influence on social causes. This book is a comprehensive, authoritative portrait of Dylan--artist, philospher, activist and persona."-Metro LA
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This book offers the definitive study of the work of Bob Dylan, examining his creative persona and philosophy. Few in popular music have had as varied a career and as lasting an impact as Bob Dylan. His songs have entered the cultural consciousness in a way that some have called revolutionary. In this bold and comprehensive new study - the definitive guide to Dylan's work - author Larry David Smith explores the convergence of biography, artistic philosophy, and musical style in Bob Dylan's oeuvre. Making the case that "Bob Dylan" is actually a persona carefully crafted by its maker, Writing Dylan represents a new and authoritative contribution to the study of this key figure of the contemporary era. Having been granted unprecedented use of Dylan's own lyrics in his analysis, Smith interprets Dylan's narratives, characters, plots, and values, and reveals the artist's mission-oriented approach to art. "Writing Dylan" tackles each period of its subject's five-decade career, offering an inventive and unprecedented investigation of Dylan's artistic imperative, cultural significance, and song craft. The result is perhaps the most important work to date on this mercurial figure, whose songs have established a fully realized portrait of his personal mysteries. It represents the definitive study of Bob Dylan's work and boasts unique access granted for the use of Dylan's lyrics. It traces the entire history of Dylan's career in a bold and insightful study and meets renewed interest in Dylan following the publication of his autobiography.
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8 of 12 people found the following review helpful
A song-by-song analysis to explore the lasting social and cultural implications of Dylan's works
6 Nov 2005
Format:Hardcover
Writing Dylan: The Songs Of A Lonesome Traveler provides a comprehensive, college-level study of Dylan's work, blending biography with music history and style analysis to consider how the image of Dylan was crafted by the real Bob Zimmerman. Both Dylan fans and students of modern music culture will find Writing Dylan more analytical and serious than most, using a song-by-song analysis to explore the lasting social and cultural implications of Dylan's works.
2 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Channeling Zimmerman, Jack Fate or Bob Dillon?
6 Sep 2007
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
No, I didn't misspell Dylan's name. The "Auteur" of "Writing Dylan: The Songs of a Lonesome Traveler" contends that Robert Zimmerman A.K.A Bob Dylan has developed multi-personas since leaving Hibbings, Minnesota. That is what accounts for the chameleon aspect of Dylan's ever changing music. If you're a serious Dylan fan, as I am, you'll burn right though this book, but if your just mildly interested in the man, music and his lyrics, this isn't the book for you. "I think I'll call it America and I just said; Good Luck".
1 of 3 people found the following review helpful
the lonesome hobo.
16 Feb 2008
Format:Hardcover
tons of good information in this huge book. you will want to read it again & again
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