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The Poetics of American Song Lyrics

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  1. Cover
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  1. Title Page, copyright
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  1. Contents
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  1. Introduction
  2. pp. xi-xix
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  1. Part One. Poetic History and Techniques within Poems and Songs
  1. The Day Johnny Cash Died
  2. pp. 3-5
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  1. Reduced to Rhyme: On Contemporary Doggerel
  2. pp. 6-25
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  1. The Sonnet Within the Song: Country Lyrics and the Shakespearean Sonnet Structure
  2. pp. 26-34
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  1. Rap Poetry 101
  2. pp. 35-42
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  1. It Don’t Mean a Thing: The Blues Mask of Modernism
  2. pp. 43-74
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  1. Gangsta Rap’s Heroic Substrata: A Survey of the Evidence
  2. pp. 75-89
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  1. At the Crossroads: The Intersection of Poetry and the Blues
  2. pp. 90-105
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  1. Country Music Lyrics: Is There Poetry in Those Twangy Rhymes?
  2. pp. 106-121
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  1. Similarities and Differences between Song Lyrics and Poetry
  2. pp. 122-133
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  1. Words and Music: Three Stories
  2. pp. 134-142
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  1. Part Two. Analysis of Twentieth-Century Songwriters
  1. The Triumph of Icarus: Sam Cooke and the Creative Spirit
  2. pp. 145-157
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  1. The Joe Blow Version
  2. pp. 158-168
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  1. A Nobel for Dylan?
  2. pp. 169-179
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  1. Lyric Impression, Muscle Memory, Emily, and the Jack of Hearts
  2. pp. 180-185
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  1. Don Khan and Truck-Driving Wives: Dylan’s Fluctuating Lyrics
  2. pp. 186-192
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  1. Thoughts on “Me and Bobby McGee” and the Oral and Literary Traditions
  2. pp. 193-198
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  1. The Soup That Could Change the World
  2. pp. 199-202
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  1. Laughing in Tune: R.E.M. and the Post-Confessional Lyric
  2. pp. 203-211
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  1. Sweetness Follows: Michael Stipe, John Keats, and the Consolations of Time
  2. pp. 212-224
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  1. Sweeping Up the Jokers: Leonard Cohen’s “The Stranger Song”
  2. pp. 225-231
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  1. Facing the Music: The Poetics of Bruce Springsteen
  2. pp. 232-242
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  1. Coming into Your Town: Okkervil River’s “Black”
  2. pp. 243-252
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  1. Still Holding at the Seams: Magnolia Electric Co.’s Josephine and the Contemporary Poetic Sequence
  2. pp. 253-260
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  1. Not to Oppose Evil: Johnny Cash’s Bad Luck Wind
  2. pp. 261-266
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  1. Glossary
  2. pp. 267-274
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  1. Acknowledgments
  2. p. 275
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  1. Contributors
  2. pp. 276-281
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  1. Index
  2. pp. 283-288
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