Includes bibliographical references (p. 174-179) and index.
Introduction /Kevin J.H. Dettmar --Part I. Perspectives --1.Bob Dylan and the Anglo-American tradition /David Yaffe --2."Bob Dylan and Rolling Thunder" /Michael Denning --3.Bob Dylan as song writer / Anthony Decurtis --4.Bob Dylan as performer /Alan Light --5.Bob Dylan and collaboration /Martin Jacobi --6.Bob Dylan and gender politics /Barbara O'Dair --7.Bob Dylan and religion /R. Clifton Spargo and Anne K. Ream --8.Bob Dylan and the academy /Lee Marshall -- 9.Bob Dylan as cultural icon /David R. Shumway --Part II. Landmark albums --10.The freewheelin' Bob Dylan(1963) /Eric Bulson --11.