Bob Dylan: Prophet Without God
Autor Jeffrey Edward Greenen Limba Engleză Hardback – 13 noi 2024
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780197651742
ISBN-10: 0197651747
Pagini: 368
Dimensiuni: 155 x 221 x 33 mm
Greutate: 0.61 kg
Editura: Oxford University Press
Colecția OUP USA
Locul publicării:New York, United States
ISBN-10: 0197651747
Pagini: 368
Dimensiuni: 155 x 221 x 33 mm
Greutate: 0.61 kg
Editura: Oxford University Press
Colecția OUP USA
Locul publicării:New York, United States
Recenzii
Bob Dylan contains multitudes. Performer. Poet. Painter. Preacher. Purveyor of fine whiskies. And even, many insist, Prophet. But what does that mean? In this compelling book, Jeffrey Edward Green finds Dylan to be a prophet of diremption, a prophet without God, and for devotees one who shows them what it is to be eloquent, freethinking, self-conscious, and courageous in an often baffling and chaotic world. An insightful and thought-provoking study of the Nobel laureate and his celebrated lyrics.
Green does for Dylan as a tireless explorer of human history and the human condition what Sir Christopher Ricks (Dylan's Visions of Sin) and Richard Thomas (Why Bob Dylan Matters) did for Dylan as a songster poet within and beyond the western literary tradition. Green investigates why Bob Dylan and the likes of Emerson and Thoreau matter and helps us understand our sins and successes and ethical dilemmas as private human beings and as moral actors in society.
Prophet Without God is thoroughly original. Its central claim, that Dylan should be understood as a 'prophet of diremption' who insists on the conflict between justice, freedom, and divinity as sources of ethical direction, represents a serious challenge to established understandings of Dylan's politics that will provoke and enliven fans worldwide. But the stakes go well beyond Dylanology: in joining the growing number of political theorists who look to art as an important form of political thought, Green's ultimate target is to expose the antinomies of contemporary bourgeois progressivism.
In this brilliant analysis, Green helps us hear Dylan's voices as philosophical honesty in a world where freedom, justice, and God don't often get along.
Deep, challenging, powerful.
Dylan has been with and without belief. What has been constant is his prophecy. He can invoke Jehovah, Jesus, or the Blakean deity of 'Every Grain of Sand.' Dylan saw the end times coming with 'Hard Rain' over 60 years ago, a song he sung as a Christian, a Jew, a lingerie salesman. He is prophecy on his own, and Green's powerful book is a testament to how it 'feels.'
One of the most original and creative readings of the artist's life and work I've read in forever.
Fascinatingly good....A fantastic work.
Green does for Dylan as a tireless explorer of human history and the human condition what Sir Christopher Ricks (Dylan's Visions of Sin) and Richard Thomas (Why Bob Dylan Matters) did for Dylan as a songster poet within and beyond the western literary tradition. Green investigates why Bob Dylan and the likes of Emerson and Thoreau matter and helps us understand our sins and successes and ethical dilemmas as private human beings and as moral actors in society.
Prophet Without God is thoroughly original. Its central claim, that Dylan should be understood as a 'prophet of diremption' who insists on the conflict between justice, freedom, and divinity as sources of ethical direction, represents a serious challenge to established understandings of Dylan's politics that will provoke and enliven fans worldwide. But the stakes go well beyond Dylanology: in joining the growing number of political theorists who look to art as an important form of political thought, Green's ultimate target is to expose the antinomies of contemporary bourgeois progressivism.
In this brilliant analysis, Green helps us hear Dylan's voices as philosophical honesty in a world where freedom, justice, and God don't often get along.
Deep, challenging, powerful.
Dylan has been with and without belief. What has been constant is his prophecy. He can invoke Jehovah, Jesus, or the Blakean deity of 'Every Grain of Sand.' Dylan saw the end times coming with 'Hard Rain' over 60 years ago, a song he sung as a Christian, a Jew, a lingerie salesman. He is prophecy on his own, and Green's powerful book is a testament to how it 'feels.'
One of the most original and creative readings of the artist's life and work I've read in forever.
Fascinatingly good....A fantastic work.
Notă biografică
Jeffrey Edward Green is Professor of Political Science and Director of the Andrea Mitchell Center for the Study of Democracy at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the author of The Shadow of Unfairness and The Eyes of the People.