Essays on Bob Dylan

One of the greatest honors that a literary figure could receive is the Nobel Prize in Literature, but what if this achievement is awarded to a singer instead of the traditional writer or poet? The Nobel Prize in Literature is a prize that is awarded...

Music has constantly played an important role in constituting American culture. Music and media are an integral part of establishing cultural identity, which in turn plays a huge role in how history is written and recorded. This is a relatively contemporary phenomenon, which can be...

What makes Bob Dylan special? Bob Dylan was a man that was awarded with the Nobel Prize for literature, an extraordinary award that someone can receive. Bob Dylan is an incredible storyteller, and songwriter. Mr. Dylan constructed beautiful lyrics, that brings messages to the listers...

In 2016, Bob Dylan won the Nobel Prize for Literature. Bob Dylan is a lyricist, and the honor was in the acknowledgment of his commitments to writing through his songwriting. Dylan’s success is a discussion because — other Nobel in Literature victors are fiction essayists,...

Born in America, Bob Dylan has been a prominent songwriter, singer, author, and visual artist, taking the frontline in popular culture for more than fifty years. The majority of his regarded works date back to the 1960s, where some of his hits became a reference...

From “The Death of Emmett Till” to “Boots of Spanish Leather”, Suze Rotolo had immense amounts of inspiration in Bob Dylan’s songwriting as well as his pathway to folk music fame. Dylan also had a reciprocating influence on Rotolo, who ultimately would part ways with...

Bob Dylan on Drugs – Before, During, and After Many people and events throughout Bob Dylan’s life influenced his song writing, performances, lifestyle, and personality. One of these influences, as it was to many musicians, was drug use. To many artists, musicians, and even fans...

Bob Dylan, a well-known, well-deserved singer-songwriter that most people know for their entire lifetime, is a global influencer that I am most admired. He was born with the name Robert Allen Zimmerman on May 24, 1941, in Duluth, Minnesota. Up until now, with many experience...

The most influential singer-songwriter of his era, Bob Dylan demonstrated that rock and roll lyrics, once known for their lightheartedness, could be rich, serious, and meaningful. Combining forms borrowed from folk ballad verse, blues, country and western, and gospel music and techniques gained from French...

Written by Bob Dylan, The Times They Are A-Changin was created during the civil rights movement in the early 60’s.  Dylan invites people to collect in the first voice of the song. He wants to make this union and others think that the waters around...

Joyce Carol Oates’ 1966 short story “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” tells the tale of a fifteen-year-old girl, Connie, who has an encounter with a man who is attempting to manipulate her into leaving with him. Arnold Friend, the manipulative man behind...

The Death of Emmett Till and Mississippi Goddam In a time in American history when inequality was the leader of our country and murder and violence were an everyday occurrence, Emmett Till was a fourteen year-old boy who was visiting Mississippi when he allegedly flirted...

Many people know of Bob Dylan and his influence on folk music, but some don’t know of how his song Oxford Town represents the trends of folk music during the 1960s. These trends discussed will be based on the lyrics in the song, instrumentation included...

Here I am, looking for things I might have missed, searching vividly for a theme in the films of Bob Dylan. Where do I start? Who is Bob Dylan? It’s a common theme of everything I’ve analyzed, Bob Dylan is a mysterious, yet interesting man....