Book contents
- The World of Bob Dylan
- The World of Bob Dylan
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Time to Say Goodbye Again
- Part I Creative Life
- Part II Musical Contexts
- Part III Cultural Contexts
- Chapter 12 American Literature
- Chapter 13 World Literature
- Chapter 14 The Beats
- Chapter 15 Theatre
- Chapter 16 Visual Arts: Goya’s Kiss
- Chapter 17 Borrowing
- Chapter 18 Judaism: Saturnine Melancholy and Dylan’s Jewish Gnosis
- Chapter 19 Christianity: An Exegesis of Modern Times
- Part IV Political Contexts
- Part V Reception and Legacy
- Further Reading
- Index
Chapter 13 - World Literature
from Part III - Cultural Contexts
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 21 April 2021
- The World of Bob Dylan
- The World of Bob Dylan
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Time to Say Goodbye Again
- Part I Creative Life
- Part II Musical Contexts
- Part III Cultural Contexts
- Chapter 12 American Literature
- Chapter 13 World Literature
- Chapter 14 The Beats
- Chapter 15 Theatre
- Chapter 16 Visual Arts: Goya’s Kiss
- Chapter 17 Borrowing
- Chapter 18 Judaism: Saturnine Melancholy and Dylan’s Jewish Gnosis
- Chapter 19 Christianity: An Exegesis of Modern Times
- Part IV Political Contexts
- Part V Reception and Legacy
- Further Reading
- Index
Summary
In Bob Dylan’s Tarantula (1971), we read a message from the so-called Professor Herold to his students, one of the many strange and strangely amusing letters running through the Beat-inspired book. Herold writes
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- The World of Bob Dylan , pp. 158 - 168Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021