Department
English
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Date of Award
4-2018
Degree Level
M.A.
LCSH subject
Dylan, Bob, 1941- Criticism and interpretation
Proquest Document ID
2121187239
Identifier
ETD2018Mangel
School/University
St. Mary's University
Size or duration
71 pages
Copyright date
2018
Document Type
Thesis
First Advisor
Diaz, Gendolyn
Second Advisor
Langston, Camille
Third Advisor
Romo, Ito
Abstract
Bob Dylan's receipt of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2016 for "for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition" is perhaps the strongest validation for New Historicism as a method of literary analysis. The individual puzzle pieces of Dylan's postmodern rock poems are themselves little bits of history, but combined within the context of the massive paradigm shifts of the 1960s, they become something new and entirely relevant to the nonstop turmoil of contemporary life in America.
Recommended Citation
Mangel, Abby, ""Through Me Tell the Story": A New Historical Analysis of Bob Dylan as a Nobel Laureate" (2018). Theses & Dissertations. 10.
https://commons.stmarytx.edu/dissertations/10
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