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The poetry of rock: song lyrics are not poems but the words still matter; another look at Richard Goldstein's collection of rock lyrics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 February 2010

Pete Astor
Pete Astor
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Goldsmiths College, London, UK
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Middle Eight
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Popular Music , Volume 29 , Issue 1 , January 2010 , pp. 143 - 148
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