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ISBN: 1421400421

ISBN13: 9781421400426

The Challenges of Orpheus: Lyric Poetry and Early Modern England

by Heather Dubrow

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2008 Outstanding Academic Title, Choice Magazine

As a literary mode "lyric" is difficult to define precisely. While the term has conventionally been applied to brief, songlike poems expressing the speaker's interior thoughts critics have questioned many of the assumptions underlying this definition, calling into doubt the very possibility of self-expression in language.

Whereas much recent scholarship on lyric has centered on...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:1421400421

ISBN13:9781421400426

Release Date:June 2011

Publisher:Johns Hopkins University Press

Length:304 Pages

Weight:0.99 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Age Range:22 years and up

Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher

Related Subjects

Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Poetry

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