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The Chameleon Poet: Bob Dylan's Search for Self
By John Bauldie
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In his lifetime, John Bauldie was a giant amongst Bob Dylan fans and collectors. As the editor of The Telegraph , he was a voracious advocate for Dylan to be afforded the respect of a major artist and an early lobbyist for him to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. Yet, despite creating the Wanted Man Study Series to encourage ysis of Dylan's work, Bauldie never published his own full critical study, though regular subscribers to The Telegraph knew he had completed one. A few teasing extracts and a handful of mysterious mentions revealed the existence of this fabled manuscript, The Chameleon Poet , which has remained unpublished until now.
Covering the formative span of Dylan's career from his emergence in the early sixties to his conversion to Christianity in the late seventies, The Chameleon Poet traces each step in the development of the artist and man from youth to maturity. With scholarly precision and vivid clarity, Bauldie's ysis of Dylan's work reveals a continuous journey.
Forty years on, as a Nobel Laureate, Bob Dylan's position as one of the great artists of the age is secure, fulfilling Bauldie's vision. Now it is time to read the only full-length critical study by the foremost champion of Dylan's art. The Chameleon Poet is a book of its time, but such is its focus on the inner journey of everyman, it's as relevant today as it was yesterday, and will be tomorrow.
Bill Allison's introduction sketches a portrait of Bauldie's life and his ascendancy in the world of Dylan Studies.
Product details
Number of Pages:
288
Release Date:
2021-05-17
Publication Date:
2021-05-17
Publisher:
Route Publishing
Languages:
Published:
English,
Original:
English
ISBN10:
1901927830
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Weight:
410 g
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