Lyric

<p>The term ‘lyric’ has evolved been revised redefined and contested over the centuries. In this fascinating introduction Scott Brewster:</p><ul> <li>traces the history of the term from its classical origins through the early modern Romantic and Victorian periods and up to the twenty-first century</li> <li>demonstrates the influence of lyric on poetic practice literature music and other popular cultural forms</li> <li>uses three aspects -- the lyric ‘self’ love and desire and the relationship between lyric poetry and performance -- as focal points for further discussion</li> <li>not only charts the history of lyric theory and practice but re-examines assumptions about the lyric form in the context of recent theoretical accounts of poetic discourse.</li> </ul><p>Offering clarity and structure to this often intense and emotive field <em>Lyric </em>offers essential insights for students of literature performance music and cultural studies.</p>