Hard rain: Bob Dylan, oral cultures, and the meaning of history

"Hard Rain is an exploration of how oral culture and the ballad tradition shaped Nobel Laureate Bob Dylan's 1962 classic "A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall." The song was written at the apex of the folk music revival and harkens back to the British traditional ballad "Lord Ran...

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1. Verfasser: Portelli, Alessandro (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York City Columbia University Press 2022
Schriftenreihe:Columbia oral history series.
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Zusammenfassung:"Hard Rain is an exploration of how oral culture and the ballad tradition shaped Nobel Laureate Bob Dylan's 1962 classic "A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall." The song was written at the apex of the folk music revival and harkens back to the British traditional ballad "Lord Randal" and the 17th-century Italian ballad "Il testemento dell'avvelenato." Its theme is relevant to the post-nuclear nightmares and youth movements of the 1960s, prefiguring contemporary concerns about environmental crisis, racism, and mass migrations. Alessandro Portelli demonstrates how Dylan was able to use the folk tradition of the ballad combined with a modern sensibility to creatively question the meaning and direction of history. Will the future bring liberation or disaster? It is up to us"--
Beschreibung:1 online resource
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:9780231556231
0231556233

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