The Figure of the Singer

The Figure of the Singer

Author: Daniel Karlin

Publisher: OUP Oxford

Published: 2013-07-04

Total Pages: 239

ISBN-13: 0199213984

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Why did poets continue to call themselves singers 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', offering a profound and stimulating analysis of the idea of poetry as song.