Lyric Powers

Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, Poetry History & Criticism
Cover of the book Lyric Powers by Robert von Hallberg, University of Chicago Press
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Robert von Hallberg ISBN: 9780226865027
Publisher: University of Chicago Press Publication: May 15, 2009
Imprint: University of Chicago Press Language: English
Author: Robert von Hallberg
ISBN: 9780226865027
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication: May 15, 2009
Imprint: University of Chicago Press
Language: English

The authority of poetry varies from one period to another, from one culture to another. For Robert von Hallberg, the authority of lyric poetry has three sources: religious affirmation, the social institutions of those who speak the idioms from which particular poems are made, and the extraordinary cognition generated by the formal and musical resources of poems. Lyric Powers helps students, poets, and general readers to recognize the pleasures and understand the ambitions of lyric poetry.
To explain why a reader might prefer one kind of poem to another, von Hallberg analyzes—beyond the political and intellectual significance of poems—the musicality of both lyric poetry and popular song, including that of Tin Pan Alley and doo-wop. He shows that poets have distinctive intellectual resources—not just rhetorical resources—for examining their subjects, and that the power of poetic language to generalize, not particularize, is what justly deserves a critic’s attention.
The first book in more than a decade from this respected critic, Lyric Powers will be celebrated as a genuine event by readers of poetry and literary criticism.  

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

The authority of poetry varies from one period to another, from one culture to another. For Robert von Hallberg, the authority of lyric poetry has three sources: religious affirmation, the social institutions of those who speak the idioms from which particular poems are made, and the extraordinary cognition generated by the formal and musical resources of poems. Lyric Powers helps students, poets, and general readers to recognize the pleasures and understand the ambitions of lyric poetry.
To explain why a reader might prefer one kind of poem to another, von Hallberg analyzes—beyond the political and intellectual significance of poems—the musicality of both lyric poetry and popular song, including that of Tin Pan Alley and doo-wop. He shows that poets have distinctive intellectual resources—not just rhetorical resources—for examining their subjects, and that the power of poetic language to generalize, not particularize, is what justly deserves a critic’s attention.
The first book in more than a decade from this respected critic, Lyric Powers will be celebrated as a genuine event by readers of poetry and literary criticism.  

More books from University of Chicago Press

Cover of the book The Pseudoscience Wars by Robert von Hallberg
Cover of the book Preserving the Spell by Robert von Hallberg
Cover of the book Memory by Robert von Hallberg
Cover of the book How Our Days Became Numbered by Robert von Hallberg
Cover of the book Seductive Journey by Robert von Hallberg
Cover of the book Critical Terms for the Study of Gender by Robert von Hallberg
Cover of the book The Subject of Murder by Robert von Hallberg
Cover of the book The Roots of Radicalism by Robert von Hallberg
Cover of the book Good Money, Part 1 by Robert von Hallberg
Cover of the book Reading Sounds by Robert von Hallberg
Cover of the book Uncivil Rights by Robert von Hallberg
Cover of the book Murder by Accident by Robert von Hallberg
Cover of the book Foucault and the Kamasutra by Robert von Hallberg
Cover of the book The Prayers of Kierkegaard by Robert von Hallberg
Cover of the book Nobody Runs Forever by Robert von Hallberg
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy