A brilliantly written and groundbreaking book about Dylan's music and its musical, political and cultural roots in early 20th-century America.
Sean Wilentz is Sidney and Ruth Lapidus Professor in the American Revolutionary Era at Princeton University. He is the author of The Rise of American Democracy, which received the coveted Bancroft Prize, and most recently The Age of Reagan. He has also received a Deems Taylor Award for musical commentary and a Grammy nomination for his liner notes to Bootleg Series, Vol. 6- Bob Dylan, Live 1964- The Concert at Philharmonic Hall.
A panoramic vision of Bob Dylan, his music, his shifting place in
American culture, from multiple angles. In fact, reading Sean
Wilentz' Bob Dylan in America is as thrilling and surprising as
listening to a great Dylan song
*Martin Scorsese*
All the American connections that Wilentz draws to explain the
appearance of Dylan's music are fascinating, particularly at the
outset the connection to Aaron Copland. The writing is strong, the
thinking is strong - the book is dense and strong everywhere you
look
*Philip Roth*
Writing about Bob Dylan's music, and fitting it into the great
crazy quilt of American culture, Sean Wilentz sews a whole new
critical fabric, part history, part close analysis, and all heart.
What he writes, as well as anyone ever has, helps us enlarge
Dylan's music by reckoning its roots, its influences, its allusive
spiritual contours
*Jay Cocks, screenwriter for THE AGE OF INNOCENCE and THE GANGS OF
NEW YORK*
Sean Wilentz makes us think about Bob Dylan's half-century of work
in new ways. Combining a scholar's depth with a sense of mischief
appropriate to the subject, Wilentz hears new associations in
famous songs and sends us back to listen to Dylan's less familiar
music with fresh insights. By focusing on the parts of Dylan's
canon that most move him, Wilentz getsstraight to the heart of the
matter. If you thought there was nothing new to say about Bob
Dylan's impact on America, this book will make you think twice
*Bill Flanagan, Editorial Director: MTV Networks*
Sean Wilentz's beautiful book sets a new standard for the cultural
history of popular music in America
*Leon Wieseltier*
A panoramic vision of Bob Dylan, his music, his shifting place in
American culture, from multiple angles. In fact, reading Sean
Wilentz' Bob Dylan in America is as thrilling and surprising
as listening to a great Dylan song -- Martin Scorsese
All the American connections that Wilentz draws to explain the
appearance of Dylan's music are fascinating, particularly at the
outset the connection to Aaron Copland. The writing is strong,
the thinking is strong - the book is dense and strong everywhere
you look -- Philip Roth
Writing about Bob Dylan's music, and fitting it into the great
crazy quilt of American culture, Sean Wilentz sews a whole new
critical fabric, part history, part close analysis, and all heart.
What he writes, as well as anyone ever has, helps us enlarge
Dylan's music by reckoning its roots, its influences, its allusive
spiritual contours -- Jay Cocks, screenwriter for THE AGE OF
INNOCENCE and THE GANGS OF NEW YORK
Sean Wilentz makes us think about Bob Dylan's half-century of work
in new ways. Combining a scholar's depth with a sense of mischief
appropriate to the subject, Wilentz hears new associations in
famous songs and sends us back to listen to Dylan's less familiar
music with fresh insights. By focusing on the parts of Dylan's
canon that most move him, Wilentz getsstraight to the heart of the
matter. If you thought there was nothing new to say about Bob
Dylan's impact on America, this book will make you think twice --
Bill Flanagan, Editorial Director: MTV Networks
Sean Wilentz's beautiful book sets a new standard for the cultural
history of popular music in America -- Leon Wieseltier
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