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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"Theory of the Lyric"”.
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Philosophical Sundials: Adorno and the Lyric
<p>This dissertation consists of two distinct parts. The first investigates the theory of the lyric in the work of Theodor W. Adorno. The second entails an engagement with that theory through a collection of original lyric poems. The three case studies of the critical apparatus track how it is that …
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Teaching the Sermon: Lyric, Narrative, and T. S. Eliot
This thesis is an examination of the subsection of T. S. Eliot's The Waste Land that is aptly named "The Fire Sermon." The hybrid nature of this famous poem makes it open to a variety of readings, and these readings are often conflicting. Thus, the work, in spite of being a seminal text in …
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“Lord I am 1”: The Solitary “I” and the Social Lyric
This dissertation explores the ways in which sociality and isolation are understood in lyric poetry. When Theodor Adorno begins his 1957 lecture “On Lyric Poetry and Society,” by suggesting that the topic “will make many […] uncomfortable,” he identifies that discomfort with the tendency, as he …
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The Spirit of Exemplarity: The Role of Example in Lyric Studies
Recent work in lyric studies has been dominated by two opposing camps: the historicism of the ‘New Lyric Studies’ and the attempt to defend a trans-historical category of lyric, most notably by Jonathan Culler. This thesis begins by claiming that these two camps have something in common: their …