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What does America tell us about Bob Dylan - and what does Dylan s work tell us about America? Growing up in Greenwich Village, Sean Wilentz discovered the music of Bob Dylan as a young teenager; almost half a century later, he revisits Dylan's work with the skills of a leading historian as well as the passion of a fan. Drawn in part from Wilentz's essays written as 'historian-in-residence' of Dylan's official website, Bob Dylan in America is a unique blend of fact, interpretation and critical attachment. It traces the jagged arc of a mercurial artist, through thrilling highs and (more cursorily) crushing lows. It discusses Dylan's debt to Aaron Copland and the Beats to Blind Willie McTell and the protest movement. It places Dylan's work in its wider historical and artistic contexts and shows how deeply attuned he is to American history and culture.Product Identifiers
PublisherVintage Publishing
ISBN-139781847921505
eBay Product ID (ePID)93340432
Product Key Features
Book TitleBob Dylan in America
AuthorSean Wilentz
FormatHardcover
LanguageEnglish
TopicMusic
Publication Year2010
GenreBiographies & True Stories
Number of Pages400 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height240mm
Item Width162mm
Additional Product Features
Title_AuthorSean Wilentz
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom