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Harvard University Press eBooks· 2015· Book chapter

Theory of the Lyric

Jonathan Culler

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Jonathan Culler challenges traditional models of lyric poetry, arguing that poems are not solely expressions of subjective experience or the speech of a persona, and questioning the assumption that poems exist primarily for interpretation.

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Field: Literature and Literary Theory

Literature and Literary TheoryArts and Humanities