Dylan's Visions of Sin: Dylan - a critical appreciation - Hardcover

Ricks, Christopher

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 067080133X ISBN 13: 9780670801336

Publisher: Viking, 2003

Synopsis

Bob Dylan's ways with words are a wonder, matched as they are with his music and verified by those voices of his. In response to the whole range of Dylan early and late (his songs of social conscience, of earthly love, of divine love, and of contemplation), this critical appreciation listens to Dylan's attentive genius, to his apprehension of deadly sins and his comprehension of living virtues, all alive in the very words and their rewards.

The New Yorker recently granted that 'Ricks on Dylan is the best there is '. Some of Dylan's countless listeners (and even the artist himself, who knows?) may agree with W.H. Auden that Ricks 'is exactly the kind of critic every poet dreams of finding'.

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About the Author

Christopher Ricks is Professor of the Humanities at Boston University, and the Co-director of the Editorial Institute. He was formerly Professor of English at the universities of Cambridge and Bristol. He edited the standard edition of Tennyson, andthe unpublished poems of TS Eliot. His books include Milton's Grand Style and Keats and Embarrassment. He lives in Boston and, during the summer, in Gloucestershire.

Edition details

• Publisher: Viking
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 067080133X
• ISBN 13: 9780670801336
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 528