Rethinking Lyric Communities

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Rethinking Lyric Communities is written by Irene Fantappiè and published by ICI Berlin Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 3965580760 (ISBN 10) and 9783965580763 (ISBN 13).

In contemporary Western societies, lyric poetry is often considered an elitist or solipsistic literary genre. Yet a closer look at its history reveals that lyric has always been intertwined with the politics of community formation, from the imagining of national and transnational discursive communities, to the use of poetry in episodes of collective action, protest, and social resistance. Poetic forms have circulated between languages and traditions from around the world and across time. But how does lyric poetry address or even create communities — and of what kinds? This volume takes a global perspective to investigate poetic communities in dialogue with recent developments in lyric theory and concepts of community. In doing so, it explores both the political potentialities and the perils of lyric poetry.