Song of the North Country

Song of the North Country

Focuses on the impact Bob Dylan's Midwestern roots had on his songs, politics, and prophetic character.

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David Pichaske is Professor of English at Southwest Minnesota State University. He is the author of many books, several related to rural literature and themes, including Rooted: Six Midwest Writers of Place. He has published on a range of subjects from rock music and American culture to T.S. Eliot and Chaucer. A three-time Fulbright Lecturer to Central Europe and Outer Mongolia, Pichaske is the author of Poland in Transition: 1989-1991. As editor of Spoon River Poetry Press, Pichaske has published Leo Dangel, Bill Holm, Norbert Blei, Linda Hasselstrom, Bill Kloefkorn, and Dave Etter, among significant rural writers. He first published on Dylan in 1972.

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Foreword
Introduction: Bob Dylan and the Midwest
1. Dylan's Songs of the North Country
2. "And the Language That He Used"
3. Bob Dylan and the Pastoral Tradition
4. Going Out / Coming Back
5. Bob Dylan's Prairie Populism
6. The Prophet and His Mission
7. "Ain't Talkin" - A Postscript
Works Cited
Index.