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Table of Contents:

• Introduction / Kevin J.H. Dettmar
• Part I. Perspectives. Bob Dylan and the Anglo-American tradition / David Yaffe ; Bob Dylan and Rolling Thunder / Michael Denning ; Bob Dylan as song writer / Anthony Decurtis ; Bob Dylan as performer / Alan Light ; Bob Dylan and collaboration / Martin Jacobi ; Bob Dylan and gender politics / Barbara O'Dair ; Bob Dylan and religion / R. Clifton Spargo and Anne K. Ream ; Bob Dylan and the academy / Lee Marshall ; Bob Dylan as cultural icon / David R. Shumway
• Part II. Landmark albums. The freewheelin' Bob Dylan (1963) / Eric Bulson ; Bringing it all back home (1965) / Jean Tamarin ; Highway 61 revisited (1965) / Robert Polito ; Blonde on blonde (1966) / Michael Coyle and Debra Rae Cohen ; The basement tapes (1967; 1975) / Alex Abramovich ; Blood on the tracks (1975) / Carrie Brownstein ; Infidels (1983) / Jonathan Lethem ; "Love and theft" (2001) / Eric Lott.

Contributors:

Dettmar, Kevin J. H., 1958-

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Related Series:

Cambridge companions to American studies

Subjects:

Dylan, Bob, 1941- — Criticism and interpretation

Singers — United States — Biography

Dylan, Bob, 1941-

Criticism and interpretation

Singers

United States

Genres:

Biographies

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 174-179) and index.

Physical Description:

xviii, 185 pages ; 24 cm.

Call Numbers:

ML420.D98 C35 2009

ISBNs:

9780521886949 (hardback, alk. paper)
0521886945 (hardback, alk. paper)
9780521714945 (pbk., alk. paper)
052171494X (pbk., alk. paper)

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2008049667

OCLC Numbers:

237884209