Bob Dylan's Nobel Prize: Can a Song Be Literature?
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Why was Bob Dylan awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature? Marking the tenth anniversary of the October 13, 2016 announcement, Diminished History explores the literary craft of songwriting and the role of the performing voice.
We examine how repeated questions and accumulating testimony work in two Dylan songs, look back to oral poetry, and consider Dylan's own Nobel responses. Can lyrics be judged as words on a page? And is recognising literary achievement the same as agreeing with a prize…
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