David Monaghan (essay date 1973)
SOURCE: Monaghan, David. “Taking Bob Dylan Seriously: The Wasteland Tradition.” English Quarterly 6, no. 2 (Summer 1973): 165-70.
[In the following essay, Monaghan asserts that the songs of Bob Dylan, while remaining at the center of popular culture, also belong within the tradition of twentieth-century literature. Monaghan analyses Dylan's song “Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues,” noting that it bears the influence of T. S. Eliot’s poems.]
“JUST LIKE TOM THUMB'S BLUES”
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Source: Poetry Criticism, ©2002 Gale Cengage. All Rights Reserved. Full copyright.
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