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Hard Rain - Bob Dylan, Oral Cultures, and the Meaning of History (Hardcover)
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Hard Rain - Bob Dylan, Oral Cultures, and the Meaning of History (Hardcover)
Series: The Columbia Oral History Series
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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 to
Italy, known in the English-speaking world as "Lord Randal."
Alessandro Portelli explores the power and resonance of "A Hard
Rain's A-Gonna Fall," considering the meanings of history and
memory in folk cultures and in Dylan's work. He examines how the
ballad tradition to which "Lord Randal" belongs shaped Dylan's song
and how Dylan drew on oral culture to depict the fears and crises
of his own era. Portelli recasts the song as an encounter between
Dylan's despairing vision, which questions the meaning and
direction of history, and the message of resilience and hope for
survival despite history's nightmares found in oral traditions. A
wide-ranging work of oral history, Hard Rain weaves together
interviews from places as varied as Italy, England, and India with
Portelli's autobiographical reflections and critical analysis,
speaking to the enduring appeal of Dylan's music. By exploring the
motley traditions that shaped Dylan's work, this book casts the
distinctiveness and depth of his songwriting in a new light.
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