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UNINA9910806166703321 |
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Autore |
Caplan David <1969-> |
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Rhyme's challenge : hip hop, poetry, and contemporary rhyming culture / / David Caplan |
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Oxford ; ; New York : , : Oxford University Press, , [2014] |
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©2014 |
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0-19-936426-5 |
0-19-533712-3 |
0-19-971410-X |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (194 p.) |
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Soggetti |
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English language - Rhyme |
Hip-hop - United States |
American poetry - 20th century - History and criticism |
American poetry - 21st century - History and criticism |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-169) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction: because it rhymes -- Reduced to rhyme: contemporary doggerel -- The art of rhymed insult -- Making love in mirrors: hip-hop seduction verse -- The inheritors of hip hop: reclaiming rhyme -- Conclusion: on the present and future of rhyme. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Rhyme's Challenge offers a concise, pithy primer to hip-hop poetics while presenting a spirited defense of rhyme in contemporary American poetry. David Caplan's stylish study examines hip-hop's central but supposedly outmoded verbal technique: rhyme. At a time when print-based poets generally dismiss formal rhyme as old-fashioned and bookish, hip-hop artists deftly deploy it as a way to capture the contemporary moment. Rhyme accommodates and colorfully chronicles the most conspicuous conditions and symbols of contemporary society: its products, technologies, and personalities. Ranging from Sha ... |
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