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The Vocal Poetics of the Old English Lament and the African-American Blues Song
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Description

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

Author Biography:

MARGARET G. MCGEACHY is Assistant Professor of English at D'Youville College in New York, USA.
Release date NZ
March 24th, 2009
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Audiences
  • Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
  • Professional & Vocational
  • Tertiary Education (US: College)
  • Undergraduate
Illustrations
IX, 182 p.
Pages
182
Dimensions
140x216x17
ISBN-13
9781403962911
Product ID
3170748

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