Tangled Up in the Bible: Bob Dylan and ScriptureBob Dylan has had a profound influence on the shape of modern pop music (folk, rock, blues) and as a modern literary figure. He has also attracted enormous attention from both professional and amateur "interpreters". In this book Gilmour offers a thorough study of Dylan's reading of scriptures. He explores the ways in which Dylan transforms biblical images and concepts when he incorporates them into his literary world; it is an attempt to listen to the echoes of scripture in his published works. Gilmour closely reads Dylan's poems and songs and provides commentaries on several themes found in Dylan's work: the Sermon on the Mount and Jesus; apocalypse, justice and judgement; oppressive religion and religious irony. Through these readings, Gilmour calls attention to the various ways Dylan uses scripture both in an explicit and an implicit manner. |
Contents
Introductory Matters | 1 |
Chapter 2 Is Bob Dylan Also among the Prophets? | 27 |
Chapter 3 We Heard the Sermon on the Mount | 57 |
Bob Dylans Apocalyptic Vision | 71 |
Redemption in Love and Theft | 91 |
Last Thoughts on Bob Dylans Use of Scripture | 101 |
Appendix | 105 |
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