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The Figure of the Singer
Author(s): Daniel Karlin (Author)
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- Publication Date: July 24, 2013
- Language: English
- Print length: 232 pages
- ISBN-10: 0199213984
- ISBN-13: 9780199213986
Book Description
Why did poets continue to call themselves singers long after the formal link between poetry and music had been severed? Daniel Karlin explores the origin and meaning of the 'figure of the singer', offering a profound and stimulating analysis of the idea of poetry as song.
