Publication

2015 - Harvard University Press

Language

English

Word Count

104,000 words, Guess

Page Count

416 pages

Identifiers

Classifications

  • LCCPN1356.C845 2015

Description

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.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Theory of the LyricHarvard University Press2015-01-01

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