
Play It Again, Sam
Repetition in the Arts
Samuel Jay Keyser(Author)
MIT Press
Published on 27. May 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
296 pages
978-0-262-55232-5 (ISBN)
Description
"An examination of repetition across the arts by a linguist well-known for his professional work in poetic meter (and his personal passion for jazz music)"--
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge (Massachusetts)
United States
Publishing group
MIT Press Ltd
Illustrations
2 COLOR ILLUS., 77 BLACK AND WHITE ILLUS.
Dimensions
Height: 224 mm
Width: 149 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
506 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-262-55232-5 (9780262552325)
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05/2025
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Samuel Jay Keyser
Content
Introduction
1 Same/Except
2 Rhyme in Poetry
3 Rhyme in Music
4 Same/Except and the Ubiquitous Rule of Three
5 Music’s Rule of Three
6 Is Music Wallpaper?
7 Meter and Repetition
8 Repetition and Framing
9 Repetition and Formulas
10 Repetition and Galant
11 Repetition and Jazz
12 Repetition and Parallelism
13 Repetition in Painting and Photographs
14 - P4 = Parallelism, Priming, Prediction, and Pleasure
Appendix 1
Appendix 2
Acknowledgments
Notes
References
Index
1 Same/Except
2 Rhyme in Poetry
3 Rhyme in Music
4 Same/Except and the Ubiquitous Rule of Three
5 Music’s Rule of Three
6 Is Music Wallpaper?
7 Meter and Repetition
8 Repetition and Framing
9 Repetition and Formulas
10 Repetition and Galant
11 Repetition and Jazz
12 Repetition and Parallelism
13 Repetition in Painting and Photographs
14 - P4 = Parallelism, Priming, Prediction, and Pleasure
Appendix 1
Appendix 2
Acknowledgments
Notes
References
Index