Dolly Parton's Jolene
$49.48
- Paperback
192 pages
- Release Date
9 October 2025
Summary
Jolene: Unpacking Dolly Parton’s Timeless Anthem
“Jolene,” Dolly Parton’s iconic 1974 hit, transcends the typical cheating song narrative. Its ambiguity sparks endless questions: Is Jolene a villain or a victim? Is the narrator fearful or empowered?
In Dolly Parton’s Jolene, Lydia R. Hamessley delves into the song’s origins, its place within the Jolene album, and offers fresh interpretations of its lyrics through detailed musical analysis.
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Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780197760314 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0197760317 |
| Series: | Oxford Keynotes |
| Author: | Lydia R. Hamessley |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Imprint: | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 192 |
| Release Date: | 9 October 2025 |
| Weight: | 181g |
| Dimensions: | 201mm x 135mm x 15mm |
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About The Author
Lydia R. Hamessley
Lydia R. Hamessley is the John and Anne Fischer Professor in the Fine Arts in Music at Hamilton College (Clinton, NY) where she teaches courses in country music, medieval and Renaissance music, music in film, and world music. She received her Ph.D. in musicology from the University of Minnesota in 1989 and has won two teaching awards at Hamilton. She writes on old-time and bluegrass music, with an emphasis on women and Southern Appalachia. She is the author of Unlikely Angel: The Songs of Dolly Parton (2020), and she appeared in the BBC2 documentary Dolly Parton: Here I Am. She is also a clawhammer banjo player.
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