Why Lyrics Last

Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, Poetry History & Criticism, British, Theory
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Author: Brian Boyd ISBN: 9780674069190
Publisher: Harvard University Press Publication: April 19, 2012
Imprint: Harvard University Press Language: English
Author: Brian Boyd
ISBN: 9780674069190
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication: April 19, 2012
Imprint: Harvard University Press
Language: English

Why Lyrics Last turns an evolutionary lens on lyric verse, placing the writing of verse within the human disposition to play with pattern. Boyd takes as an extended example the many patterns to be found within Shakespeare’s Sonnets. There, the Bard avoids all narrative and demonstrates the power that verse can have when liberated of story.

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Why Lyrics Last turns an evolutionary lens on lyric verse, placing the writing of verse within the human disposition to play with pattern. Boyd takes as an extended example the many patterns to be found within Shakespeare’s Sonnets. There, the Bard avoids all narrative and demonstrates the power that verse can have when liberated of story.

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