{"product_id":"amphion-lyre-poetry-and-politics-in-modernity-paperback","title":"Amphion: Lyre, Poetry, and Politics in Modernity - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLeah Middlebrook\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA reintroduction to the myth of Amphion, recovering an overlooked sphere of lyric tradition.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Amphion is the figure in Greek mythology who played so skillfully on a lyre that stones moved of their own accord to build walls for Thebes. While Amphion still presides over music and architecture, he was once fundamental to the concept of lyric poetry. Amphion figured the human power to inspire action, creating and undoing polities by means of language. In contrast to the individual inspiration we associate with the better-known Orpheus, Amphion represents the relentless, often violent, play of harmony and disorder in human social life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In this wide-ranging study, Leah Middlebrook introduces readers to Amphion-inspired poetics and lyrics and traces the tradition of the Amphionic from the Renaissance through modernist and postmodern poetry and translation from the Hispanic, Anglophone, French, Italian, and ancient Roman worlds. \u003ci\u003eAmphion \u003c\/i\u003emakes a significant contribution to scholarship on the connection between poetry and politics and the history of the lyric, offering an account well-suited to our times.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLeah Middlebrook\u003c\/b\u003e is associate professor of comparative literature and Romance languages at the University of Oregon. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eImperial Lyric: New Poetry and New Subjects in Early Modern Spain\u003c\/i\u003e, and coeditor of \u003ci\u003ePoiesis and Modernity in the Old and New Worlds\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.63 x 8.98 x 5.91 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 27, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51755484152096,"sku":"9780226835525","price":44.55,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/69dd38c7110cdc1e30a93d46c8df8195.webp?v=1780060135","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/amphion-lyre-poetry-and-politics-in-modernity-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}