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Why Lyrics Last

Evolution, Cognition, and Shakespeare’s Sonnets

Brian Boyd

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ISBN 9780674065642

Publication Date: 04/05/2012

240 pages

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Brian Boyd, University Distinguished Professor in the Department of English, Drama and Writing Studies, University of Auckland, is the world’s foremost authority on the works of Nabokov.

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