American Research Journal of English and Literature

Bob Dylan is the first and only Noble Prize winner for literature among the rock ’n’ roll folks and its proponents. But a controversy over his adopted artistic name seems to be lasting forever. Dylan himself enwrapped it somehow recently into veils of mystique and mystery. However, it is absolutely essential for everyone to attain the proper insight into the matter. Why is this so vitally important? Because without the attainment of the proper insight into the hidden background behind his name, one can never hope to understand properly his poetry and his engagement as the consciousness of his generation.