Book of Rhymes: The Poetics of Hip Hop - Brossura

Bradley, Adam

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ISBN 10: 0465003478 ISBN 13: 9780465003471

Casa editrice: Basic Civitas Books, 2009

Riassunto

If asked to list the greatest innovators of modern American poetry, few of us would think to include Jay-Z or Eminem in their number. And yet hip hop is the source of some of the most exciting developments in verse today. The media uproar in response to its controversial lyrical content has obscured hip hop's revolution of poetic craft and experience: Only in rap music can the beat of a song render poetic meter audible, allowing an MC's wordplay to move a club-full of eager listeners.

Examining rap history's most memorable lyricists and their inimitable techniques, literary scholar Adam Bradley argues that we must understand rap as poetry or miss the vanguard of poetry today. Book of Rhymes explores America's least understood poets, unpacking their surprisingly complex craft, and according rap poetry the respect it deserves.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Adam Bradley is a professor of English at the University of Colorado Boulder where he directs the Laboratory for Race & Popular Culture (RAP Lab). His commentary has appeared in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, and many other publications. He is the author or editor of six books, including The Anthology of Rap, The Poetry of Pop, and the New York Times bestseller One Day It'll All Make Sense. Bradley lives in Boulder, Colorado.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Basic Civitas Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0465003478
• ISBN 13: 9780465003471
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 248
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• Persona responsabile: non disponibile