The Three Genres and the Interpretation of Lyric

by William Elford Rogers

William Elford Rogers proposes a genre-theory that will clarify what we mean when we speak of literary works as dramatic, epic, or lyric. Focusing on lyric poetry, this book maintains that the broad genre-concepts need not be discarded but can be preserved by a new interpretive model that gives us conceptual knowledge not about works but about interpretation.

Originally published in 1983.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691613745
• ISBN13: 9780691613741
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 290 Pages
• Weight: 1.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.0" x 10.0"