Introduction. Time to Say Goodbye Again / Sean Latham
Part I. Creative Life. A Chronology of Bob Dylan's Life / Kevin Dettmar and Sean Latham ; The Biographies / Andrew Muir ; Songwriting / Sean Latham ; The Singles : A Playlist for Framing Dylan's Recording Art / Keith Negus
Part II. Musical Contexts. Folk Music / Ronald D. Cohen ; The Blues : "Kill Everybody Ever Done Me Wrong" / Greil Marcus ; Gospel Music / Gayle Wald ; Country Music : Dylan, Cash, and the Projection of Authenticity / Leigh H. Edwards ; Rock Music / Ira Wells ; Roots Music : Born in a Basement / Kim Ruehl ; The Great American Songbook : "Better Duck Down the [Tin Pan] Alley Way, Lookin' for a New Friend" / Larry Starr
Part III. Cultural Contexts. American Literature / Florence Dore ; World Literature / Anne-Marie Mai ; The Beats / Steven Belletto ; Theatre / Damian A. Carpenter ; Visual Arts : Goya's Kiss / Raphael Falco ; Borrowing / Kevin Dettmar ; Judaism : Saturnine Melancholy and Dylan's Jewish Gnosis / Elliot R. Wolfson ; Christianity : An Exegesis of Modern Times / Andrew McCarron
Part IV. Political Contexts. The Civil Rights Movement / Will Kaufman ; The Counterculture / Michael J. Kramer ; Gender and Sexuality : Bob Dylan's Body / Ann Powers ; Justice / Lisa O'Neill-Sanders
Part V. Reception and Legacy. The Bob Dylan Brand / Devon Powers ; The Nobel Prize : The Dramaturgy of Consecration / James F. English ; Stardom and Fandom / David R. Shumway ; The Bob Dylan Archive® / Mark Davidson.