'Out of the Dark Woods' - Dylan, Depression and Faith

'Out of the Dark Woods' - Dylan, Depression and Faith
Author: Adam Timothy Bradford
Publisher:
Total Pages: 248
Release: 2011-07-01
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780956479822

Uncover the many sources of Bob Dylan's lyrical inspiration. Discover the hitherto unrecognised depressive episode behind the seven year lapse in his recording of original material. Learn the over-riding message of this longest-serving recording artist, and understand the spiritual language of his compositions. Where is Bob Dylan faith-wise? Dr Bradford's book presents hundreds of pieces of evidence that bring this question completely up-to-date.

The Time out of Mind

The Time out of Mind
Author: Ian Bell
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 527
Release: 2014-10-15
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 160598728X

By the middle of the 1970s, Bob Dylan’s position as the pre-eminent artist of his generation was assured. The 1975 album Blood on the Tracks seemed to prove, finally, that an uncertain age had found its poet.Then Dylan faltered. His instincts, formerly unerring, deserted him. in the 1980s, what had once appeared unthinkable came to pass: the “voice of a generation” began to sound irrelevant, a tale told to grandchildren.Yet in the autumn of 1997, something remarkable happened. Having failed to release a single new song in seven long years, Dylan put out the equivalent of two albums in a single package. in the concluding volume of his ground- breaking study, ian Bell explores the unparalleled second act in a quintessentially american career. it is a tale of redemption, of an act of creative will against the odds, and of a writer who refused to fade away.Time Out of Mind is the story of the latest, perhaps the last, of the many Bob Dylans.

As Reviewed By Bob Dylan - Yonder Comes Sin

As Reviewed By Bob Dylan - Yonder Comes Sin
Author: Dr A T Bradford
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 592
Release: 2015-10-07
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1326442031

The only book on Bob Dylan to have been welcomed and very positively reviewed by Bob Dylan via his personal attorney Mr Jeff Rosen. A definitive journey into the mind, memory and music of the world's longest serving living recording artist. A must read for 'all real Dylan fans' - Bob Dylan.

Dylan

Dylan
Author: Dennis McDougal
Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
Total Pages: 427
Release: 2014-05-13
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1630260673

The ultimate biography of the musical icon. A groundbreaking and vibrant look at the music hero to generations, DYLAN: The Biography digs deep into Bob Dylan lore—including subjects Dylan himself left out of Chronicles: Volume One. DYLAN: The Biography focuses on why this beloved artist has touched so many souls—and on how both Dylan and his audience have changed along the way. Bob Dylan is an international bestselling artist, a Pulitzer Prize–winning author, and an Oscar winner for "Things Have Changed." His career is stronger and more influential than ever. How did this happen, given the road to oblivion he seemed to choose more than two decades ago? What transformed a heroin addict into one of the most astonishing literary and musical icons in American history? At 72 years of age, Dylan's final act of his career is more intriguing than ever—and classic biographies like Bob Dylan: Behind the Shades and even his own Chronicles: Volume One came too soon to cover this remarkable new chapter in Dylan's life. Through extensive interviews and conversations with Dylan's friends, family, sidemen, and fans, Los Angeles Times journalist Dennis McDougal crafts an unprecedented understanding of Dylan and the intricate story behind the myths. Was his romantic life, especially with Sara Dylan, much more complicated than it appears? Was his motorcycle accident a cover for drug rehab? What really happened to Dylan when his career crumbled, and how did he find his way back? To what does he attribute his astonishing success? McDougal's meticulous research and comprehensive interviews offer a revealing new understanding of these long-standing questions—and of the current chapter Dylan continually writes in his life and career.

Word in the Wilderness

Word in the Wilderness
Author: Malcolm Guite
Publisher: Canterbury Press
Total Pages: 208
Release: 2014-12-09
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1848256809

For every day from Shrove Tuesday to Easter Day, the bestselling poet Malcolm Guite chooses a favourite poem from across the Christian spiritual and English literary traditions and offers incisive reflections on it. A scholar of poetry and a renowned poet himself, his knowledge is deep and wide and he offers readers a soul-food feast for Lent.

Sounding the Seasons

Sounding the Seasons
Author: Malcolm Guite
Publisher: Canterbury Press
Total Pages: 102
Release: 2013-02-21
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1848255152

Poetry has always been a central element of Christian spirituality and is increasingly used in worship, in pastoral services and guided meditation. Here, Cambridge poet, priest and singer-songwriter Malcolm Guite transforms 70 lectionary readings into inspiring poems for use in regular worship, seasonal services, meditative reading or on retreat.

David's Crown

David's Crown
Author: Malcolm Guite
Publisher: Canterbury Press
Total Pages: 163
Release: 2021-01-29
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 1786223082

As well as the name of a virus, a corona is a crown, the pearly glow around the sun in certain astronomical conditions and a poetic form where interlinking lines connect a sequence. It is the perfect name therefore for this new collection of 150 poems by the bestselling poet Malcolm Guite, each one written in response to the Bible’s 150 psalms as they appear in William Coverdale’s timeless translation. The Psalms express every human emotion with disarming honesty, as anger and thankfulness alike are directed at God. All of life is here with its moments of beauty and its times of despair and shame. Like the Psalms themselves, the poems do not avoid the cursing and glorying over the downfall of your enemies, but wrestle honestly with them as we do when we come to say them.

The Stones of Summer

The Stones of Summer
Author: Dow Mossman
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company
Total Pages: 612
Release: 2003
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780760748848

Episodic coming of age saga.

Before Religion

Before Religion
Author: Brent Nongbri
Publisher: Yale University Press
Total Pages: 328
Release: 2013-01-22
Genre: History
ISBN: 0300154178

Examining a wide array of ancient writings, Brent Nongbri dispels the commonly held idea that there is such a thing as ancient religion. Nongbri shows how misleading it is to speak as though religion was a concept native to pre-modern cultures.

Sam Zabel and the Magic Pen

Sam Zabel and the Magic Pen
Author: Dylan Horrocks
Publisher: Fantagraphics Books
Total Pages: 230
Release: 2015-01-18
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1606997904

Acclaimed cartoonist Dylan Horrocks returns with a long-awaited new graphic novel, the first since his perennial classic, 1998’s Hicksville. Cartoonist Sam Zabel hasn’t drawn a comic in years. Stuck in a nightmare of creative block and despair, Sam spends his days writing superhero stories for a large American comics publisher and staring at a blank piece of paper, unable to draw a single line. Then one day he finds a mysterious old comic book set on Mars and is suddenly thrown headlong into a wild, fantastic journey through centuries of comics, stories, and imaginary worlds. Accompanied by a young webcomic creator named Alice and an enigmatic schoolgirl with rocket boots and a bag full of comics, Sam goes in search of the Magic Pen, encountering sex-crazed aliens, medieval monks, pirates, pixies and ― of course ― cartoonists. Funny, erotic, and thoughtful, Sam Zabel and the Magic Pen explores the pleasures, dangers, and moral consequences of fantasy.