The True Performing Of It places the two writers side by side and
examines the resultant analogies in their work that spring from
this positioning. After a teasing prologue, the book begins by
reflecting on the significance of Dylan's remarks on Shakespeare
when accepting the Nobel Prize for Literature, before examining
their shared Bardic qualities, and their position of being feted
for their undoubted literary qualities despite both being primarily
artists of live performances of drama and music. The movement from
'low' to 'high' art is traced and its implications explored in
depth and detail, as is the fierce opposition that the parallel
theatrical and musical transitions from communal folk art to
professional entertainment engendered. The parallels in their
approaches to performing art, use of language and source material
form core chapters of the book. The last section of the book is an
in-depth focus on The Tempest and Tempest as specific examples of
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