![]() ![]() ![]() Wilentz combines his deep musical knowledge with the skills of a fine historian to write one of the most important, insightful and revelatory books about America, its culture and its people as interpreted through the works of one of its greatest artists * Irish Times *Īll the American connections that Wilentz draws to explain the appearance of Dylan's music are fascinating, particularly at the outset the connection to Aaron Copland. He is content to observe rather than possess * Scotland on Sunday * Sean Wilentz George Henry Davis 1886 Professor of American History Professor of History CV swilentz-CV.pdf Office Phone 60 Email Office 134 Dickinson Hall Office Hours On Leave 2022-2023 Image credit: © Daniel Kramer Sean Wilentz studies U.S. ![]() If I may extend the Moby-Dick metaphor just a little here, Wilentz is a whale watcher rather than a whale hunter. In fact, reading Sean Wilentz' Bob Dylan in America is as thrilling and surprising as listening to a great Dylan song - Martin ScorseseĪmong those who write regularly about Dylan, Wilentz possesses the rare virtues of modesty, nuance and lucidity. A panoramic vision of Bob Dylan, his music, his shifting place in American culture, from multiple angles. ![]()
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