Dimensions
152 x 229 x 8mm
Bob Dylan has had a profound influence on the shape of modern pop music (e.g. folk, rock and blues). As a modern literary figure, he has also attracted enormous attention from both professional and amateur "interpreters". Although articles about Dylan's religious beliefs - born Jewish, Dylan converted to Christianity but then moved quickly away from the Christian faith - there has never been a book devoted to Dylan's use of scripture in his lyrics.
Gilmour offers a thorough study of Dylan's reading of scripture in this book. He explores the ways that 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 Dylan's 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, judgment and justice; oppressive religion and religious irony. Through these readings, Gilmour suggests the various ways in which Dylan uses scriptures both in an explicit and an implicit manner.
