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There is much lingering beneath the surface of this thread. There is for example the vexed question of the relationship between the artist and the movement. But I will leave that for another day, perhaps. I followed Greg's link to Marqusee's book and picked out this from the blurb. But first let me say that Glosser's assessment of Dylan was serious. Very. The difference is that Marqusee's evaluation of Dylan is more generous and I think more self-serving. The excerpt reads: *Dylan's anguished, self-obsessed, prickly artistic evolution, Marqusee asserts, was a deeply creative response to a deeply disturbing situation. "He can no longer tell the story straight," Marqusee concludes, "because any story told straight is a false one."* The rhetoric here is enticing but we should resist it. It is simply untrue that any story told straight is false. What we are offered is a flashy display of fast thinking that serves to hide the truths of a great abandonment of the quest for a better world. Now, comrades, that is a very straight narrative and it is very, very true. comradely Gary _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
