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Provides an introduction to the music of Bob Dylan including an examination of the impact of his work over time and key critical responses. This book locates Dylan’s work within a broader context of the history of the American popular song and its various antecedents, examining how his music draws on a heritage of folk, blues and pop tunes.
Publisher : Equinox Publishing Ltd (1 May 2008)
Language : English
Paperback : 224 pages
ISBN-10 : 1904768253
ISBN-13 : 978-1904768258
Item Weight : 249 g
Dimensions : 13.72 x 1.27 x 21.34 cm
Country of Origin : United Kingdom
Robert Schreur –
I thought this book was excellent, a beautiful work of popular music criticism that other critics of Bob Dylan should aspire to. In five brief chapters (totaling just 154 pages), Keith Negus covers a lot of ground, offering insightful and judicious accounts of Dylan’s biography, influences, lyrics, musical styles, and critical reception. Negus’s writing is backed up by lightly-worn but considerable and relevant scholarship. And best of all, his judgments are thought-out, even-handed, and, to my mind, almost always right. His appraisal of “Empire Burlesque” was really refreshing to me. His critiques of Christopher Ricks and Michael Gray were pointed and clarifying. And his brief account of Dylan’s “cyclical” “triplet” system, as enigmatically described in “Chronicles,” was a model of insight and respect. Dylan may be living an exemplary artistic life (per Todd Haynes) and may be deserving of the Nobel Prize in literature (per Christopher Ricks), but he is first of all a musician. Negus’s book is one of the very best accounts of Dylan the musical artist.