Congratulations on wrapping up this series with another outstanding installment, Andy. Among your many perceptive insights, this is the one still whirling around the roulette wheel of my mind: " Armin was a more sophisticated, complex character and even more of a writer in his own right. His influence on the development of Shakespeare’s art was profound; the Bard recognised in Armin, talents and perceptions that he could integrate into his own creations, raising them to an even higher level of expression." You make a strong case for Dylan's resemblances to Armin; but if we put him instead in the position of the Bard, has anyone ever played a comparable role in his artistic evolution? Has Dylan ever found his Armin? Food for thought.
Thanks, Graley, and, to be fair, I usually do put Dylan in that very position. It is food for thought, perhaps enough food for a future article from your prolific pen?
Bob Dylan 5 Songs: Lectures accompanying the exhibition Bob Dylan. The Drawn Blank Series at the Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz. Kerber Verlag Bielefeld/Leipzig 2009. ISBN 978-3-86678-254-9.
Contains two contributions by Heinrich Detering on 'Visions of Johanna' and 'Bob Dylan's Radio'. They have the original German text with an English translation. Can't find anything otherwise.
Congratulations on wrapping up this series with another outstanding installment, Andy. Among your many perceptive insights, this is the one still whirling around the roulette wheel of my mind: " Armin was a more sophisticated, complex character and even more of a writer in his own right. His influence on the development of Shakespeare’s art was profound; the Bard recognised in Armin, talents and perceptions that he could integrate into his own creations, raising them to an even higher level of expression." You make a strong case for Dylan's resemblances to Armin; but if we put him instead in the position of the Bard, has anyone ever played a comparable role in his artistic evolution? Has Dylan ever found his Armin? Food for thought.
Thanks, Graley, and, to be fair, I usually do put Dylan in that very position. It is food for thought, perhaps enough food for a future article from your prolific pen?
Bob Dylan 5 Songs: Lectures accompanying the exhibition Bob Dylan. The Drawn Blank Series at the Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz. Kerber Verlag Bielefeld/Leipzig 2009. ISBN 978-3-86678-254-9.
Contains two contributions by Heinrich Detering on 'Visions of Johanna' and 'Bob Dylan's Radio'. They have the original German text with an English translation. Can't find anything otherwise.
Many thanks, Paul, once again.
Great stuff, Andy
Thank you, Andrew. Admirable persistence, impressive scholarship.
Gerald Smith, DYLAN BOOKS