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help those that cannot understand not to understand A Guide to Reading Tarantula
Robin Witting’s new book, help those that cannot understand not to understand, is available exclusively through ISIS magazine. This e-book is the last word on Dylan’s mid-Sixties poetic novella; a striking snapshot of the artist as a young man.
Tarantula was written during that frenetic fifteen-month period of 1965-66 when Dylan produced three of the most groundbreaking albums in music history: Bringing It All Back Home, Highway 61 Revisited and the double album Blonde on Blonde. On his turbulent 1966 world tour, Dylan was carrying around not only the Blonde on Blonde acetates but the Tarantula galley proofs as well.
Written in a concise, straight-talking manner, using bullet points and examples, Witting guides the reader through Dylan’s sophisticated but much misunderstood 30,000-word prose-poem, holding their hand as they go. Witting has been untangling this spider’s web since the early Nineties and this new work is the culmination of decades of devotion to cracking the code.
While Witting does not pretend to have all the answers, he comes closer than anyone to unpacking Tarantula’s secrets. If you haven’t had faith in Tarantula before, give yourself one last chance. If Robin Witting can’t convince you of its beauty, no one can.
Tarantula was written during that frenetic fifteen-month period of 1965-66 when Dylan produced three of the most groundbreaking albums in music history: Bringing It All Back Home, Highway 61 Revisited and the double album Blonde on Blonde. On his turbulent 1966 world tour, Dylan was carrying around not only the Blonde on Blonde acetates but the Tarantula galley proofs as well.
Written in a concise, straight-talking manner, using bullet points and examples, Witting guides the reader through Dylan’s sophisticated but much misunderstood 30,000-word prose-poem, holding their hand as they go. Witting has been untangling this spider’s web since the early Nineties and this new work is the culmination of decades of devotion to cracking the code.
While Witting does not pretend to have all the answers, he comes closer than anyone to unpacking Tarantula’s secrets. If you haven’t had faith in Tarantula before, give yourself one last chance. If Robin Witting can’t convince you of its beauty, no one can.
73 pages, ebook
Published January 1, 2023
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March 14, 2024
найновіше дослідження Віттінґа про його улюблений роман Боба Ділана. нічого дуже нового, порівняно з працею 1994 року тут не сказано (дарма я її купив за 12 фунтів), але є одна прикольна цитата з інтерв'ю Ділана + кілька цікавих думок. вважатимемо, що 12 фунтів - це невеликі гроші за таке, бо ж могло і не бути всього цього цінного))
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