Christopher Ricks

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:academic
gptkb:person
literary criticism
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:Professor_of_Poetry_at_Oxford_University
gptkb:Warren_Professor_of_the_Humanities_at_Boston_University
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Balliol_College,_Oxford
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire
gptkb:Fellow_of_the_British_Academy
gptkbp:birthDate 1933-09-18
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Beckenham,_England
gptkbp:editor gptkb:The_Oxford_Book_of_English_Verse
gptkb:The_Poems_of_Tennyson
gptkbp:fieldOfWork gptkb:poetry
English literature
literary criticism
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Christopher Ricks
gptkbp:influenced many students and critics in literary studies
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:F._R._Leavis
gptkb:T._S._Eliot
gptkb:William_Empson
gptkbp:knownFor work on Alfred, Lord Tennyson
work on Bob Dylan
work on John Milton
work on Samuel Beckett
work on T. S. Eliot
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences
gptkb:British_Academy
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Beckett's_Dying_Words
gptkb:Dylan's_Visions_of_Sin
gptkb:Keats_and_Embarrassment
gptkb:Milton's_Grand_Style
gptkb:The_Force_of_Poetry
gptkb:The_Oxford_Book_of_English_Verse_(editor)
gptkb:The_Poems_of_Tennyson_(editor)
Allusion to the Poets
T. S. Eliot and Prejudice
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:editor
gptkb:professor
literary criticism
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Judith_Ricks
gptkbp:website https://www.bu.edu/core/people/christopher-ricks/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Volume_1:_Sackville_to_Keats
gptkb:Volume_3:_Tennyson_to_Larkin
gptkb:The_TLS_(Times_Literary_Supplement)
gptkb:King_Edward_VII_Professor_of_English_Literature
gptkb:William_Empson
gptkb:King_Edward_VII_Professor_of_English_Literature,_University_of_Cambridge
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6