Dettmar K. (ed.). The Cambridge Companion to Bob Dylan

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009. — 204 p. — ISBN10: 052171494X; ISBN13: 978-0521714945.A towering figure in American culture and a global twentieth-century icon, Bob Dylan has been at the centre of American life for over forty years. The Cambridge Companion to Bob Dylan brings fresh insights into the imposing range of Dylan's creative output. The first Part approaches Dylan's output thematically, tracing the evolution of Dylan's writing and his engagement with American popular music, religion, politics, fame, and his work as a songwriter and performer. Essays in Part II analyse his landmark albums to examine the consummate artistry of Dylan's most accomplished studio releases. As a writer Dylan has courageously chronicled and interpreted many of the cultural upheavals in America since World War II. This book will be invaluable both as a guide for students of Dylan and twentieth-century culture, and for his fans, providing a set of new perspectives on a much-loved writer and composer.ChronologyPerspectivesBob Dylan and the Anglo-American tradition. David Yaffe
Bob Dylan and 'The Great Recession'. Michael Denning
Bob Dylan as songwriter. Anthony DeCurtis
Bob Dylan as performer. Alan Light
Bob Dylan and collaboration. Martin Jacobi
Bob Dylan and gender politics. Barbara O'Dair
Bob Dylan and religion. R. Clifton Spargo and Anne Ream
Bob Dylan and the Academy. Lee Marshall
Bob Dylan as cultural icon. David ShumwayLandmark AlbumsThe Freewheelin' Bob Dylan (1963). Eric Bulson
Bringing It All Back Home (1965). Jean Tamarin
Highway 61 Revisited (1965). Robert Polito
Blonde on Blonde (1966). Michael Coyle and Debra Rae Cohen
The Basement Tapes. (1967-1975). Alex Abramovich
Blood on the Tracks (1975). Carrie Brownstein
Infidels (1983). Jonathan Lethem
Love and Theft (2001). Eric LottWorks cited