Bob Dylan is the prince of self-reinvention and deflection. Whether its the folkies of Greenwich Village; the student movement of the 1960s and 1970s; Born Again Christians; the Chabad Lubavitch community; or English Department postmodernists; specific intellectual and sociopolitical groups have repeatedly claimed Bob Dylan as their spokesperson. But in the words of filmmaker Todd Haynes; who cast six actors to depict different facets of Dylans life and artistic personae in his 2009 film Im Not There; "The minute you try to grab hold of Dylan; hes no longer where he was."In Light Come Shining; writer Andrew McCarron uses psychological tools to examine three major turning points - or transformations - in Bob Dylans life: the aftermath of his 1966 motorcycle "accident;" his Born Again conversion in 1978; and his recommitment to songwriting and performing in 1987. With fascinating insight; McCarron reveals how a common script undergirds Dylans self-explanations of these changes; and; at the heart of this script; illuminates a fascinating story of spiritual death and rebirth that has captivated us all for generations.
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