CONTENTS

Foreword by David Dalton

Introduction

Prologue: Sunday, March 6, 1966

Part One
Utopian Hermit Monk
(April 1941 to August 1965)

1.A New Man

2.Manuscript Accepted

3.The Call to Solitude

4.This Little House

Dylan Interlude No. 1: Bringing It All Back Home

Part Two
She Speaks Like Silence
(March to July 1966)

5.The Invented Backbone

6.Silver Dagger

7.The Absurd Man

8.The Soundtrack

Dylan Interlude No. 2: I Do Believe I’ve Had Enough

Part Three
The Lonesome Sparrow Sings
(July 1966 to October 1968)

9.Sort of a Bob Dylan Thing

10.The American Villon

11.A New Consciousness

12.Prophetic Voices

Dylan Interlude No. 3: Join the Monk

13.Ascension

Epilogue

Acknowledgments

Credits and Permissions

Abbreviations

Notes

Bibliography

Index