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- The World of Bob Dylan
- The World of Bob Dylan
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Time to Say Goodbye Again
- Part I Creative Life
- Chapter 1 A Chronology of Bob Dylan’s Life
- Chapter 2 The Biographies
- Chapter 3 Songwriting
- Chapter 4 The Singles: A Playlist for Framing Dylan’s Recording Art
- Part II Musical Contexts
- Part III Cultural Contexts
- Part IV Political Contexts
- Part V Reception and Legacy
- Further Reading
- Index
Chapter 2 - The Biographies
from Part I - Creative Life
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 21 April 2021
- The World of Bob Dylan
- The World of Bob Dylan
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Time to Say Goodbye Again
- Part I Creative Life
- Chapter 1 A Chronology of Bob Dylan’s Life
- Chapter 2 The Biographies
- Chapter 3 Songwriting
- Chapter 4 The Singles: A Playlist for Framing Dylan’s Recording Art
- Part II Musical Contexts
- Part III Cultural Contexts
- Part IV Political Contexts
- Part V Reception and Legacy
- Further Reading
- Index
Summary
Biographies can be curiously unfulfilling publications. This is due partly to the ultimate unknowability of another person, and partly to the motivations and circumstances that bring these life-stories into being. The biographies of Bob Dylan are thus not only reflections the artist’s own life, self-promotion, and constant reinvention, but also interpretations that have been dictated by changing fashions in journalism, celebrity reportage, and the evolving nature of media and cultural studies in modern America and, by extension, the wider world.
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- The World of Bob Dylan , pp. 20 - 30Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021