Bargainin' for salvation
Subtitle: Bob Dylan, a Zen master?
By: Steven Heine.
Publisher: Continuum
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 270
ISBN-13: 9780826429506
Subjects: Dylan, Bob, -- 1941-; Dylan, Bob, -- 1941- -- Criticism and interpretation; Rock musicians -- United States -- Biography; Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.) -- Religious aspects -- Zen Buddhism
Genres: Biography
Other titles: Bob Dylan, a Zen master?
Description: "Throughout his various stages, Dylan's work reveals an affinity with the Zen worldview, where enlightenment can be attained through self-contemplation and intuition rather than through faith and devotion. Much has been made of Dylan's Christian periods, but never before has a book engaged Dylan's deep and rich oeuvre through a Buddhist lens."--Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Dylan's Zen rock garden : leaving his heart in that Kyoto temple; title: Zen & Dylan. A simple twist of faith : Dylan's enigmatic spiritual quest ; From beat blues to Zen : exploring the roots of Dylan's spirituality ; Masked and eponymous : authenticity and autonomy in Dylan and Zen; title: The Zen of Dylan. Neither here nor there : dialectics of duality and non-duality ; Period I (1962-1966) : from "protesting" to "detesting" ; Period II (1967-1978) : from "I'll be your baby" to "You're an idiot, babe" ; Period III (1979-1988) : from "Serving somebody" to "Letting the echo decide" ; The modern era (1989-present) : never-ending middle way lost or found?