[ebooks] In Pursuit of the Mysterious Missing Day: Anna's Story (Scientific Light and Illustration) by Jeffery L Thompson at Arts-Photography

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Seminar paper from the year 2015 in the subject Musicology; grade: 1;3; Justus-Liebig-University Giessen (Department of English); language: English; abstract: As an aficionado of filmed biographies; I came across the 2007 released movie "Factory Girl". This girl; who is better known as Edie Sedgwick or Andy Warholrsquo;s first ldquo;Superstarrdquo;; was familiar to me due to a Warhol exposition I had seen before. Nevertheless; one thing impressed me: besides her platonic relationship with Warhol; another man in the movie turns out to play an important role. It was a man; with whom the ldquo;Factory Girlrdquo; falls in love with; but is ultimately left by which influenced on her tragically ending way. It did not take long to find out that this film character was clearly portraying Bob Dylan As the biographical movie itself only covers a 90 minute long Hollywood adaption of Edie Sedgwickrsquo;s life; I was motivated to learn more about Dylanrsquo;s real connection to her; the Factoryrsquo;s role; and Andy Warhol. Thus; my mission seemed clear: listening closer to Dylanrsquo;s albums of the 1960s and checking both biographies as well as related literature in order to find connections between the two artistrsquo;s worlds. The difficulty of interpreting Dylanrsquo;s songs or arranging the facts one knows about his life made the challenge even more worthwhile. Although the idea of finding a connection between both personalities in his music seemed ridiculously far-fetched during the first albums; I finally hit pay dirt on "Blonde on Blonde". Two songs of the album feature lsquo;Edianrsquo; characteristics and rumors have been supporting this hypothesis for years.As a result; this work aims on revealing these myths and finding a possible truth between the artist Bob Dylan; two particular songs of his album Blonde on Blonde; and Edie Sedgwick. To begin with; the songs in question (ldquo;Leopard Skin Pill Box Hatrdquo; and ldquo;Just Like a Womanrdquo;) shall be analyzed closer. After considering its musical and lyrical value objectively; this work attempts to leave room for a rather objective interpretation. Next; the main part of this work is going to portray the time of the songrsquo;s emergence; Bob Dylanrsquo;s life back then; and in how far Edie Sedgwickrsquo;s life has intertwined with the artistrsquo;s world. With the help of time witnesses; I will finally try to separate rumors from facts and give an overview of why I am of the opinion that both songs have been inspired by Warholrsquo;s ldquo;Superstarrdquo;.