The Philosophy in Dylan’s Modern Song

Rob Reginio, Alfred University

By Rob Reginio

The book is a collection of fragments. The intra-textual patterns found within, more often than not, constellate themselves around the name, the corpus, the signature “Bob Dylan.” It cannot be read as a standalone text, as echoes across Dylan’s recorded work are the predicate of our reading. We want to hear what Dylan hears in these songs …