Culler, Jonathan D.
Theory of the lyric - USA : Harvard University Press , 2015 . - x, 391 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-384) and index.
Examining ancient as well as modern poems in many European languages, Culler underscores lyric's surprising continuities across centuries of change--its rhythmical resources, its strange modes of address, its use of the present tense, and the intriguing tension between its ritualistic and fictional dimensions.
9780674744264 0674744268 9780674979703 0674979702
2014039998
Lyric poetry--History and criticism
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
PN1356 / .C845 2015
809.14
Theory of the lyric - USA : Harvard University Press , 2015 . - x, 391 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-384) and index.
Examining ancient as well as modern poems in many European languages, Culler underscores lyric's surprising continuities across centuries of change--its rhythmical resources, its strange modes of address, its use of the present tense, and the intriguing tension between its ritualistic and fictional dimensions.
9780674744264 0674744268 9780674979703 0674979702
2014039998
Lyric poetry--History and criticism
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
PN1356 / .C845 2015
809.14