Focuses on the profound impact that the author's Midwestern roots have had on his songs, politics, and prophetic character.
A remarkably fresh piece of Dylan scholarship, focusing on the profound impact that his Midwestern roots have had on his songs, politics, and prophetic character. >
As a capacious American studies sourcebook... Song of the North Country persuasively positions Dylan in an American cannon that includes Fitzgerald, Cather, Frost, Kerouac, Steinbeck, Arthur Miller, Sinclair Lewis, Meridel LeSeur, Robert Bly, Garrison Keillor, Hamlin Garland, William Gass, and Leo Marx.