Hard Rain: Bob Dylan, Oral Cultures, and the Meaning of History

by Alessandro Portelli

Book Overview

Bob Dylan's iconic 1962 song "A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall" stands at the crossroads of musical and literary traditions. A visionary warning of impending apocalypse, it sets symbolist imagery within a structure that recalls a centuries-old form. Written at the height of the 1960s folk music revival amid the ferment of political activism, the song strongly resembles--and at the same time reimagines--a traditional European ballad sung from Scotland...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231205937
• ISBN13: 9780231205931
• Release Date: May 2022
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 8.5"