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Light come shining : the transformations of Bob Dylan / Andrew McCarron.

By: Series: Inner livesPublisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 2017Description: xvi, 214 pages ; 19 cmISBN:
  • 9780199313471
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 782.42164092 23
LOC classification:
  • ML420.D98 M176 2017
Contents:
Prologue: A case for this psychobiography -- Masked and anonymous -- The motorcycle crack up -- Saved -- The recommitment -- World gone wrong -- The America Proteus.
Summary: Andrew McCarron uses psychological tools to examine three major turning points - or transformations - in Bob Dylan's life: the aftermath of his 1966 motorcycle "accident," his Born Again conversion in 1978, and his recommitment to songwriting and performing in 1987. With fascinating insight, McCarron reveals how a common script undergirds Dylan's self-explanations of these changes; and, at the heart of this script, illuminates a fascinating story of spiritual death and rebirth that has captivated us all for generations.
List(s) this item appears in: New acquisitions 2018
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Loanable Book Library Biography 920 DYL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 000412730

Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-204) and index.

Prologue: A case for this psychobiography -- Masked and anonymous -- The motorcycle crack up -- Saved -- The recommitment -- World gone wrong -- The America Proteus.

Andrew McCarron uses psychological tools to examine three major turning points - or transformations - in Bob Dylan's life: the aftermath of his 1966 motorcycle "accident," his Born Again conversion in 1978, and his recommitment to songwriting and performing in 1987. With fascinating insight, McCarron reveals how a common script undergirds Dylan's self-explanations of these changes; and, at the heart of this script, illuminates a fascinating story of spiritual death and rebirth that has captivated us all for generations.

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