Preface Introduction ONE An Inductive Approach NINE POEMS FOUR PARAMETERS TWO Lyric as Genre NOTIONS OF GENRE LYRIC HISTORY LYRIC GENRE THREE Theories of the Lyric HEGEL IMITATION SPEECH ACTS OR EPIDEIXIS? PERFORMATIVE AND PERFORMANCE FOUR Rhythm and Repetition METER RHYTHM SOUND AND REPETITION FIVE Lyric Address ADDRESS TO LISTENERS OR READERS ADDRESSING OTHER PEOPLE APOSTROPHE SIX Lyric Structures MAPPING THE LYRIC LYRIC HYPERBOLE DRAMATIC MONOLOGUE FRAMING PAST EVENTS THE LYRIC PRESENT SEVEN Lyric and Society ENGAGEMENT AND DISENGAGEMENT THREE EXAMPLES ADORNO'S DIALECTIC TANGLING WITH IDEOLOGY Conclusion Notes Index
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