Theory of the Lyric

By Jonathan D. Culler

Book Overview

What sort of thing is a lyric poem? An intense expression of subjective experience? The fictive speech of a specifiable persona? Examining ancient and modern poems from Sappho to Ashbery, Jonathan Culler reveals the limitations of these two models--the Romantic and the modern--and challenges the assumption that poems exist to be interpreted.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674744268
• ISBN13: 9780674744264
• Release Date: June 2015
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 405 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.3" x 9.5"