{"product_id":"dylans-autobiography-of-a-vocation-a-reading-of-the-lyrics-1965-1967-paperback","title":"Dylan's Autobiography of a Vocation: A Reading of the Lyrics 1965-1967 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLouis A. Renza\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMany critics have interpreted Bob Dylan's lyrics, especially those composed during the middle to late 1960s, in the contexts of their relation to American folk, blues, and rock'n'roll precedents; their discographical details and concert performances; their social, political and cultural relevance; and\/or their status for discussion as \"poems.\" \u003ci\u003eDylan's Autobiography of a Vocation\u003c\/i\u003e instead focuses on how all of Dylan's 1965-1967 songs manifest traces of his ongoing, internal \"autobiography\" in which he continually declares and questions his relation to a self-determined existential summons.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLouis A. Renza\u003c\/b\u003e is an Emeritus Professor of English at Dartmouth College, USA. He has published critical works on various US writers such as Edgar Allan Poe, Mark Twain, Sarah Orne Jewett, Stephen Crane, Henry James, Ernest Hemingway and Wallace Stevens. Starting in the 1970s and through 2010, he taught a Dartmouth course on Bob Dylan's lyrics. He also directed a 2006 conference at Dartmouth College on Dylan's works, and has published articles on them that include, respectively, critical discussions of such songs as \"Went to See the Gypsy\" and \"Simple Twist of Fate.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.47 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 18, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42117004722311,"sku":"9781501352010","price":86.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/50f39474ffdd52d6415a18964f1a13dc.webp?v=1732520540","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/dylans-autobiography-of-a-vocation-a-reading-of-the-lyrics-1965-1967-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}