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EducationGuardian.co.uk | higher news | Oxford names poetry professor shortlist (382 words) |
 | The shortlist for the position of professor of poetry at Oxford University has been announced, and Christopher Ricks, best known for his writings on the poetry of Bob Dylan, has emerged as a front runner. |
| Professor Ricks is known for his works on Victorian verse, English drama, Tennyson, Milton, Keats, TS Eliot, and most recently for his book on the work of Bob Dylan, Dylan's Vision of Sin. |
| The professor of poetry gives a public lecture each term and the Creweian Oration at the university's honorary degree ceremony every other year. |
| News: Professor of Poetry (366 words) |
| The current Professor of Poetry, Paul Muldoon, was elected to the Chair unopposed. |
| The Professorship of Poetry was established in 1708 following a bequest by Henry Birkhead, a Berkshire landowner. |
| The Professor is elected for a period of five years, and is not eligible for re-election. |
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