UID:
almahu_9947362084702882
Format:
1 online resource (xvii, 210 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) :
,
illustrations (black and white, and colour)
ISBN:
9780191803314 (ebook) :
Content:
Why did poets continue to call themselves singers, and their poems songs, 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', tracing its roots in classical mythology and in the Bible, and following its rise from the 'adventurous song' of Milton's 'Paradise Lost' to its apotheosis in the 19th century - by which time it had also become an oppressive cliche.
Additional Edition:
Print version : ISBN 9780199213986
Language:
English
URL:
Oxford scholarship online
