Do You Mr Jones?: Bob Dylan with the Poets & Professors
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| Rating | : | 4.53 (659 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1784706809 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 384 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-03-01 |
| Language | : | English |
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Contributors include Simon Armitage, Christopher Butler, Bryan Cheyette, Patrick Crotty, Aidan Day, Mark Ford, Lavinia Greenlaw, Hugh Haughton, Daniel Karlin, Paul Muldoon, Nicholas Roe, Pam Thurschwell and Susan Wheeler. It has even been argued that he is the finest living user of the English language—true to his genius through all his changes of stance, a Romantic, constantly exploring the state of his soul as he dons the cloak of lover, clown, cowboy, priest, bleak prophet of doom. Serious Dylan criticism is rare and these fascinating, specially commissioned essays are rigorous and challenging, at once a celebration and a questioning of a powerful talent, the genius Leonard Cohen called "the Picasso of song.". In this collection, poets and professors explore different aspects of Dylan's work, writing about his impact on their own intellectual and artistic lives, as well as his wider influence. In "Ballad of
Andrews, and author of works on Seamus Heaney and modern English and Irish literature.. Neil Corcoran is Professor of English at the University of St
Professors and Poets This is an edited collection of essays (and a poem) put together by Neil Corcoran of St Andrews University in Scotland where Dylan was given an honorary doctorate in mid June, preceded by an oration by Corcoran. The last time he accepted a doctorate was in 1970 at Princeton. This is one of a growing number of books by academics taking Dylan seriously, and not just obsessed with facts about his life. Recently we have had Stephen Scobie's Alias Bob Dylan; Christopehr Ricks, Dylan's Visions of Sin; . Emerging Unscathed from Academic contamination A friend, who predates my relationship with Dylan's work by a mere three years and consequently knows its enduring depth,gifted this to me when it emerged in 2002. Keep in mind that Dylan says it best when reading these various responses. Check the book's title to glean Corcoran's own suspicion of academia. His own essay on 'The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll'is one of the best things in the volume, and if, like me, you are overwhelmed by its power, you'll find pleasure in the essayist's spin o
. From the Inside Flap In this collection, poets and professors explore different aspects of Dylan's work, writing about his impact on their intellectual and artistic lives, as well as his wider influence