{"product_id":"dreams-and-dialogues-in-dylans-time-out-of-mind-9781839986772","title":"Dreams and Dialogues in Dylan's Time Out of Mind","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTime Out of Mind\u003c\/em\u003e is one of the most ambitious, complex, and provocative albums of Bob Dylan's artistic career. This album marks the culmination of several recurring themes that have preoccupied Dylan for decades, and it serves as a pivotal turning point toward his late renaissance in terms of both subject matter and intertextual approach. Despite winning a number of accolades, \u003cem\u003eTime Out of Mind\u003c\/em\u003e has been largely misunderstood and underestimated. This book seeks to remedy that by excavating three distinct levels of meaning at work in the songs recorded for the album. On one level, \u003cem\u003eTime Out of Mind\u003c\/em\u003e is Dylan's intimate portrait of a killer, a series of murder ballads drawn from the memories, dreams, and fantasies of a condemned man awaiting execution for killing his lover. On another level, the album is a religious allegory, dramatizing the protagonist's relentless struggles with his lover as a battle between spirit and flesh, earth and heaven, salvation and damnation. On still another level, \u003cem\u003eTime Out of Mind\u003c\/em\u003e is a meditation on American slavery and racism, Dylan's most personal encounter with the subject, but one tangled up in the minstrelsy tradition and other white appropriations of black experiences. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTime Out of Mind\u003c\/em\u003e is an innovative and rigorously researched book, geared toward inspiring future scholarship. The three distinct but intertwined interpretations of the songs recorded for the album--as murder ballads, as religious allegory, and as \"race record\"--are highly original and provocative. The arguments put forth in the book will fundamentally alter our understanding of \u003cem\u003eTime Out of Mind\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Graley Herren\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Anthem Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/12\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries:\u003c\/b\u003e Anthem Studies in Theatre and Performance\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 186\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.62lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.43d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781839986772","brand":"Anthem Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48254355275913,"sku":"9781839986772","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_2a24a6ce-4729-4b1c-af49-f12b088bb049.jpg?v=1788300188","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/dreams-and-dialogues-in-dylans-time-out-of-mind-9781839986772","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}