02910cam a2200529 i 4500 22178034 BJBSDDR 20260507123000.0 ta 210816s2022 nyu 001 0 eng 2021040204 9780231205931 (paperback) 0231556233 (paperback) 9780231556231 (ebook) 22178034 DLC eng rda DLC DLC eng pcc ML 420 P843h 2022 782.42164092 Portelli, Alessandro, 1942- 47131 Hard rain : Bob Dylan, oral cultures, and the meaning of history / Alessandro Portelli. New York City : Columbia University Press, 2022. 192 pages ; 21 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier The Columbia oral history series Includes index. Introduction. Memory, Voice, and the Global Bob Dylan -- Songs of Innocence and Experience -- The text and the voice -- Talking Atomic Blues -- Which way history? -- Appendix. History's lessons unlearned -- Appendix 2. Lyrics. "Hard Rain is an exploration of how oral culture and the ballad tradition shaped Nobel Laureate Bob Dylan's 1962 classic "A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall." The song was written at the apex of the folk music revival and harkens back to the British traditional ballad "Lord Randal" and the 17th-century Italian ballad "Il testemento dell'avvelenato." Its theme is relevant to the post-nuclear nightmares and youth movements of the 1960s, prefiguring contemporary concerns about environmental crisis, racism, and mass migrations. Alessandro Portelli demonstrates how Dylan was able to use the folk tradition of the ballad combined with a modern sensibility to creatively question the meaning and direction of history. Will the future bring liberation or disaster? It is up to us"-- Provided by publisher. Dylan, Bob, 1941- Criticism and interpretation. Dylan, Bob, 1941- Crítica e interpretación 33481 Dylan, Bob, 1941-. Hard rain's a-gonna fall. Lord Randal. Folk songs History and criticism. Canciones folclóricas Historia y crítica 48337 Ballads History and criticism. Baladas Historia y crítica 48338 Music and history. Música Historia y crítica 19614 Online version: Portelli, Alessandro. Hard rain New York City : Columbia University Press, 2022 9780231556231 (DLC) 2021040205 Columbia oral history series 48336 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg lcc BK 126419 126419 0 0 lcc 0 0 HU BJB BJB HU 2026-02-18 0 ML 420 P843h 2022 00000198730 2026-02-18 15:29:00 1 2026-02-18 BK