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Lines and lyrics : an introduction to poetry and song / Matt BaileyShea.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- BaileyShea, Matthew, 1974- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Poetry--History and criticism.
- Poetry.
- Songs--Texts--History and criticism.
- Songs.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (267 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, [2021]
- Summary:
- An introduction to poetry geared toward the study of song. Drawing on literary poetry, rock, rap, musical theater, and art songs from the Elizabethan period to the present, Matt BaileyShea reveals how every issue in poetry has an important corresponding status in song, but one that is always transformed. Beginning with a discussion of essential features such as diction, meter, and rhyme, the book progresses into the realms of lineation, syntax, form, and address, and culminates in an analysis of two complete songs.
- Contents:
- Introduction: Why Study Lyrics?
- Chapter One: Diction
- Chapter Two: Meter
- Chapter Three: Rhyme
- Chapter Four: Lines and Syntax
- Chapter Five: Address
- Chapter Six: Form
- Chapter Seven: The Complete Song
- Conclusion: Some Thoughts About Poetry, Meaning, and Word Painting
- Appendix: Transcribing Lyrics
- Notes
- Further Reading
- Acknowledgments
- Credits
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780300262735
- 0300262736
- OCLC:
- 1273976123
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