A towering figure in American culture and a global twentieth-century icon, Bob Dylan has been at the centre of American life for over forty years. The Cambridge Companion to Bob Dylan brings fresh insights into the imposing range of Dylan's creative output. The first Part approaches Dylan's output thematically, tracing the evolution of Dylan's writing and his engagement with American popular music, religion, politics, fame, and his work as a songwriter and performer. Essays in Part II analyse his landmark albums to examine the consummate artistry of Dylan's most accomplished studio releases. As a writer Dylan has courageously chronicled and interpreted many of the cultural upheavals in America since World War II. This book will be invaluable both as a guide for students of Dylan and twentieth-century culture, and for his fans, providing a set of new perspectives on a much-loved writer and composer.

凱文·J. H. 德特馬（Kevin J. H. Dettmar），是美國波莫納學院終身教授，英美現代文學與流行文化專傢，著有《搖滾已死？》（Is Rock Dead？）、《思考搖滾樂》（Think Rock）等。他還是《布萊剋威爾現代主義文學與文化指南》（The Blackwell Companion to Modernist Literature and Culture）和牛津大學齣版社的 “現代主義文學與文化”（Modernist Literature & Culture）叢書的聯閤主編。