Why Lyrics Last: Evolution, Cognition, and Shakespeare's Sonnets by Brian Boyd

Why Lyrics Last: Evolution, Cognition, and Shakespeare's Sonnets

Brian Boyd

240 pages first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction poetry challenging reflective slow-paced
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In "Why Lyrics Last, " the internationally acclaimed critic Brian Boyd turns an evolutionary lens on the subject of lyric verse. He finds that lyric making, though it presents no advantages for the species in terms of survival and reproduction, is...

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