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2 unusual facts about Christopher Ricks


Eugene Paul Nassar

Eugene Paul Nassar (born 20 June 1935), Professor of English Emeritus of Utica College, Utica, New York, is the author of several books of literary criticism in the close analysis tradition of his teachers, John Crowe Ransom at Kenyon College, Christopher Ricks at Oxford University, Arthur Mizener of Cornell University, and his critical model and mentor, Cleanth Brooks.

First Love, Last Rites

In an interview with Christopher Ricks in 1979, McEwan commented, "They were a kind of laboratory for me. They allowed me to try out different things, to discover myself as a writer."


Editorial Institute

In 2007, Letters of A. E. Housman, was edited by Archie Burnett, one of the co-directors of the Institute, and an edition in eleven volumes of the writings of the Victorian lawyer and controversialist James Fitzjames Stephen is being edited by Christopher Ricks and Frances Whistler.

Samuel Menashe

Prominent poets, critics and editors who have admired Menashe's work include Dana Gioia, Denis Donoghue, Billy Collins, Geordie Greig, and Christopher Ricks.


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