The Lyric Theory Reader: A Critical Anthology Virginia Jackson and Yopie Prins is an English-language study book aimed at literary theory and criticism. This reference work brings together important essays on the modern understanding of the lyric and has been developed for students and researchers in higher education.
De Lyric Theory Reader offers a broad overview of Anglo-American approaches from the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. The book includes an introduction, bibliographies, and section introductions on topics such as genre theory, historical models of the lyric, New Criticism, structural and poststructural readings, the Frankfurt School, phenomenologies, avant-garde anti-lyricism, sexuality, and comparative lyricism.
Virginia Jackson and Yopie Prins analyze the development of the concept of lyric as a genre, emphasizing cultural and historical context and showing the complexity of literary forms. De Lyric Theory Reader is essential for anyone working with the lyric, lyric theory, and poetic criticism.
The book connects with topics such as Literary Theory, Literary Studies: Poetry and Poets, and Literary Criticism / Semiotics & Theory.