For the Harvard classics professor Richard F. Thomas, who has been gently teased by colleagues for teaching a freshman seminar about Bob Dylan — as well as for the students who sometimes get double takes for choosing the course — the announcement of the newest Nobel laureate in literature was hailed as vindication. And cause to break out celebratory cupcakes at the fortuitously timed Thursday afternoon session.
Image: Prof. Richard F. Thomas teaching a class about Bob Dylan at Harvard. The seminar examines Mr. Dylan in the context of popular culture as well as literary culture. Credit Shiho Fukada for The New York Times - http://www.nytimes.com
