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Bob Dylan the poet
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- ISBN 9780857862013
- Weight: 380g
- Dimensions: 129 x 198mm
- Publication Date: 05 May 2011
- Publisher: Canongate Books
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
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'I consider myself a poet first and a musician second'
'It ain't the melodies that're important man, it's the words'
There is no shortage of books about Bob Dylan. This one, however, is unique in its approach and the virtuosity of its execution.
Ricks examines Dylan's songs through the biblical concepts of the seven deadly Sins, the four cardinal Virtues and the three Heavenly Graces. He does so with what one critic has described as 'an ultimately irresistible combination of laser-like intelligence with a fan's exuberant idolatry'.
Christopher Ricks is Warren Professor of the Humanities, and Co-Director of the Editorial Institute, at Boston University, having formerly been professor of English at the Universities of Bristol and Cambridge. He is a member of the Association of Literary Scholars, Critics, and Writers, of which he was president from 2007 to 2008. He was Professor of Poetry at Oxford from 2004 to 2009.
