Part 1 of 5 · freeIntroduction
Bob Dylan, born Robert Zimmerman in 1941 in Minnesota, is one of the most influential figures in 20th-century song. First a prophet of protest, then an electric poet, he refused to stay in a single box.
In 2016, the Swedish Academy awarded him the Nobel Prize in Literature. For the first time, a rock songwriter was recognized as a major writer in the English language.
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- 2Greenwich Village and the legacy of Woody Guthrie
- 3The protest song and the March on Washington
- 4Newport 1965: the electric guitar
- 5From the Never Ending Tour to the Nobel
Open-book quiz9 questions whose answers are in the text.
Glossary9 terms explained in a tap.
30 languagesThe same course, from French to Japanese.
