Bibliograph

Folk music, a Bob Dylan biography in seven songs, Greil Marcus ; illustrations by Max Clarke

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Folk music, a Bob Dylan biography in seven songs, Greil Marcus ; illustrations by Max Clarke

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographic references (pages 241-253) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Folk music

Responsibility statement

Greil Marcus ; illustrations by Max Clarke

Sub title

a Bob Dylan biography in seven songs

Summary

Across seven decades, Bob Dylan has been the first singer of American song. As a writer and performer, he has rewritten the national songbook in a way that comes from his own vision and yet can feel as if it belongs to anyone who might listen. In Folk Music, Greil Marcus tells Dylan's story through seven of his most transformative songs. Marcus's point of departure is Dylan's ability to "see myself in others." Like Dylan's songs, this book is a work of implicit patriotism and creative skepticism. It illuminates Dylan's continuing presence and relevance through his empathy-his imaginative identification with other people. This is not only a deeply felt telling of the life and times of Bob Dylan, but a rich history of American folk songs and the new life they were given as Dylan sat down to write his own

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