Why lyrics last
Subtitle: evolution, cognition, and Shakespeare's sonnets
By: Brian Boyd
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780674065642
Subjects: Lyric poetry; English Sonnets; History and criticism
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Poetry, pattern, and attention; title: Lyric and sonnet; title: A first Shakespeare sonnet; title: From sonnet to sequence: love: the mistress; title: From sonnet to sequence: love and time: the youth; title: The sonnets expand: beyond love 1: status; title: The sonnets expand: beyond love 2: death; title: The sonnets: lyric and narrative; title: Envoi: verse and aversion.