Is Bob Dylan an artist?(Critical Essay)

From: Contemporary Review | Date: June 1, 2004| Author: Karwowski, Michael | Copyright information

BOB DYLAN invented a new creative medium when he fused poetical lyrics and rock 'n' roll to form what became known as 'rock music'. It was The Beatles who made rock accessible to the masses, but the idea of marrying significant words with popular music was Dylan's.

Ever since the birth of this bastard child of one of history's most unlikely couplings, the legitimacy as an art form of rock in general and Bob Dylan's lyrics in particular have been fiercely debated by crit...

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