The classic book that first listened to the lyrics of Tin Pan Alley masters like Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, and the Gershwins, The Poets of Tin Pan Alley by Philip Furia is expanded and reimagined for a new generation with the collaboration of Furia's longtime collaborator, Laurie J. Patterson.
The first scholarly study of the lyrics of Tin Pan Alley, placing these texts in the sweep of American literature, analyzing not only their overall poetic style but individual variations as well....Invaluable.