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Come You Whiffenpoofs of War

Graley Herren, Xavier University

Graley Herren
Nov 22, 2022
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By Graley Herren

Wiffenpoofs and skull and bones symbol in a jigsaw frame

When the table of contents for The Philosophy of Modern Song was released some weeks ahead of publication, it was immediately clear that we were in for a strange trip. Dylan assembles a wildly eclectic, idiosyncratic collection of songs across various eras and genres. I was eager to see what he did with these individual pieces, but also …

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