I said below it is very entertainingly written. I should also have said that this should be a requirement of academic writing. But see my next post. Donal --- On Wed, 23/4/08, Donal McEvoy <donalmcevoyuk@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: Donal McEvoy <donalmcevoyuk@xxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Art Of The Song and Dance Man > To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Date: Wednesday, 23 April, 2008, 11:07 AM > >It's not attacking > > Dylan but is a backhanded tribute. > > You may ask why I'm doing this but see my next post. I > would mention that the title of this post is the title of a > book I would strongly recommend both to anyone who finds > Dylan's lyrics impenetrable and anyone who perhaps is > inclined to read in what is not there: i.e. the people who > don't really look at what is going on and the people > who do but misinterpret it - the people, that is, who are > the target of Weird Al's parody. The book is by Michael > Gray and it is scholarly but very entertainingly written. > > Donal > > > > > ___________________________________________________________ > > Yahoo! For Good. Give and get cool things for free, reduce > waste and help our planet. Plus find hidden Yahoo! treasure > > > http://green.yahoo.com/uk/earth-day/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, > vacation on/off, > digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html __________________________________________________________ Sent from Yahoo! Mail. A Smarter Email http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html