1. The conversation about Bob Dylan's Nobel Prize would be more productive if more people read Christopher Ricks' "Dylan's Visions of Sin"
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Replying to @HeerJeet
2. Some context: since the death of his William Empson, there's no literary critic more sensitive to the English language than Ricks
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3. Ricks' Dylan book, using his trademark close reading, demonstrates beyond dispute that Dylan's lyrics have the expressive range of poetry
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Not quite beyond dispute: https://www.newcriterion.com/articles.cfm/blowinwind-1483 …
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I agree that looking at Dylan's lyrics apart from the music is problematic.
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