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Roots of Lyric: Primitive Poetry and Modern Poetics
(Hardback)
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Publishing Details
Full Title:
Roots of Lyric: Primitive Poetry and Modern Poetics
Contributors:
By (Author) Andrew Welsh
Series:
Publisher:
Princeton University Press
Imprint:
Princeton University Press
Publication Date:
8th April 2019
Country:
United States
Classifications
Readership:
Tertiary Education
Genre:
Fiction/Non-fiction:
Non Fiction
Main Subject:
Dewey:
809.14
Physical Properties
Physical Format:
Hardback
Number of Pages:
296
Dimensions:
Width 156mm, Height 234mm
Description
Folk riddles, emblems, charms, and chants are a few of the traditional forms examined by Andrew Welsh to discover the means by which poetic language achieves its powerful effects. His book shows how the roots of lyric are embodied in primitive verse forms, how they are raised to higher powers in poetry from the Renaissance to the twentieth century,
