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? Theory of the Lyric reveals the limitations of these two conceptions of the lyric--the older Romantic model and the modern conception that has come to dominate the study of poetry--both of which neglect what is most striking and compelling in the lyric and falsify the long and rich tradition of the lyric in the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674979702
• ISBN13: 9780674979703
• Release Date: November 2017
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.2"