Overview
Bob Dylan is an iconic American artist, whose music and performances have long reflected different musical genres and time periods. His songs tell tales of the Civil War, harken back to 1930s labor struggles, and address racial violence at the height of the civil rights movement, helping listeners to think about history, and history making, in new ways. While Dylan was warned by his early mentor, Dave Van Ronk, that, ""You're just going to be a history book writer if you do those things. An anachronism,"" the musician has continued to traffic in history and engage with a range of source material—ancient and modern—over the course of his career.In this beautifully crafted book, Freddy Cristóbal Domínguez makes a provocative case for Dylan as a historian, offering a deep consideration of the musician's historical influences and practices. Drawing on interviews, speeches, and the close analysis of lyrics and live performances, Bob Dylan in the Attic is the first book to consider Dylan's work from the point of view of historiography.
Full Product Details
Author: Freddy Cristóbal Domínguez
Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
Imprint: University of Massachusetts Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.10cm
, Height: 1.60cm
, Length: 22.60cm
Weight: 0.363kg
ISBN: 9781625346810
ISBN 10: 1625346816
Pages: 192
Publication Date: 30 December 2022
Audience:
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Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
Bob Dylan in the Attic is an easy, lively, informative, engrossing read. Dominguez explains historiographical ideas and presents complex issues with a light touch. --Pamela Thurschwell, author of Literature, Technology, and Magical Thinking, 1880-1920 Dominguez makes his provocative argument with intellectual depth and writerly flair. This punchy and smart book will help many readers think about Bob Dylan--and popular music generally--in a more dynamic way. --Jeffrey Melnick, author of Charles Manson's Creepy Crawl: The Many Lives of America's Most Infamous Family
Bob Dylan in the Attic is an easy, lively, informative, engrossing read. Dominguez explains historiographical ideas and presents complex issues with a light touch. --Pamela Thurschwell, author of Literature, Technology, and Magical Thinking, 1880-1920 Dominguez makes his provocative argument with intellectual depth and writerly flair. This punchy and smart book will help many readers think about Bob Dylan--and popular music generally--in a more dynamic way.--Jeffrey Melnick, author of Charles Manson's Creepy Crawl: The Many Lives of America's Most Infamous Family
"""Bob Dylan in the Attic is an easy, lively, informative, engrossing read. Domínguez explains historiographical ideas and presents complex issues with a light touch.""--Pamela Thurschwell, author of Literature, Technology, and Magical Thinking, 1880-1920 ""Domínguez makes his provocative argument with intellectual depth and writerly flair. This punchy and smart book will help many readers think about Bob Dylan--and popular music generally--in a more dynamic way.""--Jeffrey Melnick, author of Charles Manson's Creepy Crawl: The Many Lives of America's Most Infamous Family"
Author Information
FREDDY CRISTÓBAL DOMÍNGUEZ is associate professor of history at the University of Arkansas and author of Radicals in Exile: English Catholic Books During the Reign of Philip II.
