| Rhyme's Challenge: Hip Hop, Poetry, and Contemporary Rhyming Culture Contributor(s): Caplan, David (Author) |
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ISBN: 0195337131 ISBN-13: 9780195337136 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $30.39 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Poetry - Music | Genres & Styles - Rap & Hip Hop |
| Dewey: 808.1 |
| LCCN: 2013030719 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.5" W x 8.2" (0.50 lbs) 190 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 Shakespeare and Wordsworth to Eminem and Jay-Z, David Caplan's study demonstrates the continuing relevance of rhyme to poetry -- and everyday life. |