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Lonesome Words: The Vocal Poetics of the Old English Lament and the African-American Blues Song (The New Middle Ages)
M. McGeachy
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Description for Lonesome Words: The Vocal Poetics of the Old English Lament and the African-American Blues Song (The New Middle Ages)
Hardcover. Series: The New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 191 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AVGC1; AVGC6; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 163 x 16. Weight in Grams: 340.
The tenth-century Old English lament and twentieth-century blues song each speak the language of a distinct poetic tradition, yet the voices are remarkably similar in their emotive expression of loneliness. This innovative study juxtaposes the texts of each corpus to explore the features that characterize their vocal poetics
The tenth-century Old English lament and twentieth-century blues song each speak the language of a distinct poetic tradition, yet the voices are remarkably similar in their emotive expression of loneliness. This innovative study juxtaposes the texts of each corpus to explore the features that characterize their vocal poetics
Product Details
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
192
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Series
The New Middle Ages
Condition
New
Weight
339g
Number of Pages
182
Place of Publication
Gordonsville, United States
ISBN
9781403962911
SKU
V9781403962911
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About M. McGeachy
MARGARET G. MCGEACHY is Assistant Professor of English at D'Youville College in New York, USA.
Reviews for Lonesome Words: The Vocal Poetics of the Old English Lament and the African-American Blues Song (The New Middle Ages)
'Lonesome Words makes a strong contribution to comparative poetics in the typological rather than the genetic sense. McGeachy successfully explores a hierarchy of comparisons from verbal formulæ to social and historical contexts for production in the Old English lament and the African-American blues song. In both corpora she examines themes of wandering, of exile and imprisonment, and of a lost ... Read more