Light come shining
Subtitle: the transformations of Bob Dylan
By: Andrew McCarron
Series: Inner lives; Inner lives
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 214
ISBN-13: 9780199313471
Subjects: Singers; Psychology; Biography
Description: Andrew McCarron uses psychological tools to examine three major turning points - or transformations - in Bob Dylan's life: the aftermath of his 1966 motorcycle "accident," his Born Again conversion in 1978, and his recommitment to songwriting and performing in 1987. With fascinating insight, McCarron reveals how a common script undergirds Dylan's self-explanations of these changes; and, at the heart of this script, illuminates a fascinating story of spiritual death and rebirth that has captivated us all for generations.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-204) and index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue: A case for this psychobiography; title: Masked and anonymous; title: The motorcycle crack up; title: Saved; title: The recommitment; title: World gone wrong; title: The American Proteus.