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
