Polyrhythmicity in Language, Music and Society: Complex Time Relations in the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

by Richard Andrews

Book Overview

This book addresses the complex time relations that occur in some types of jazz and classical music, as well as in the novel, plays and poetry. It discusses these multiple levels of rhythm from a social science as well as an arts and humanities perspective. Building on his ground-breaking work in Re-framing Literacy, A Prosody of Free Verse and Multimodality, Poetry and Poetics, the author explores the world of multiple- or poly-rhythms...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9811605688
• ISBN13: 9789811605680
• Release Date: June 2022
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"