Roots of lyric: primitive poetry and modern poetics
Auteur :
Welsh, Andrew
Éditeur :
Princeton University Press
ISBN :
9780691655529
Date de publication :
29 janv. 2019
Dimensions :
23,4 x 15,6 cm
Poids :
417 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
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,