Lyric Poetry: The Pain and Pleasure of Words

by Mutlu Konuk Blasing

Lyric poetry has long been regarded as the intensely private, emotional expression of individuals, powerful precisely because it draws readers into personal worlds. But who, exactly, is the "I" in a lyric poem, and how is it created? In Lyric Poetry, Mutlu Blasing argues that the individual in a lyric is only a virtual entity and that lyric poetry takes its power from the public, emotional power of language itself.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691126828
• ISBN13: 9780691126821
• Release Date: December 2006
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.4"