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TIMELESS LYRICS Folk and Blues singer Bob Dylan

"It was blues and folk songs that led Bob Dylan to politics. However, it was politics of the mid-1960s, the civil rights movement and the threat of nuclear war that unlocked his astonishing song writing ability. So even if he is not a hero of struggle, he is a great artist," says Mike Marqusee, author of the recently launched book Chimes of Freedom: Bob Dylan in the Sixties.

Published by Seagull Books in association with Oxford Book Store, the book is a fascinating analysis of Dylan's involvement in the civil rights movement and his disillusionment in the mid-1960s.

Bob Dylan's lyrics are at once profound, evocative and timeless. As the book shows, behind the rebellion and playfulness of Dylan's imagery, lie meanings that are charged with political and social concerns. "This book is not a trip down memory lane. It resituates Dylan in his era. It tells the reader that Dylan's work flowered even in the crisis of the 1960s," says the author.

"He was the greatest Protestant of his times and his ideology is still relevant," adds Marqusee.

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