ISBN: 9781331922803 - a study of metre (classic reprint) (3 risultati)

PAP. Condizione: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condizione: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Paperback. Condizione: New. Print on Demand. This book explores the evolution of English prosody from Coleridge to Sidney Lanier and beyond, reassessing the role of time in our understanding of poetic structure. The author dissects the concept of rhythm as a steady recurrence of equal units and argues that for English verse, this unit is the periodâ"a measure of time, not syllables, that can either be filled by the sound of words or left empty as a pause. Challenging views that locate the basis of English verse in accentuation, this study demonstrates that temporal regularity is its underlying principle, its essential and defining quality. Establishing a new foundation for understanding the dynamics of English meter, this book presents a cogent and compelling theory of verse structure. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item.…