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A Question of Syllables: Essays in Nineteenth-Century French Verse
Contributor(s): Scott, Clive (Author)
ISBN: 0521325846     ISBN-13: 9780521325844
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
OUR PRICE:   $124.45  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: September 1986
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Annotation: Dr Scott argues that only by attending to the precise locations of words in line or stanza, and to the specific value of syllables, or by understanding the often conflicting demands of rhythm and metre, can the reader of poetry acquire a real grasp of the intimate life of words in verse with all their fluctuations of meaning, mood and tone. The analyses through which the book pursues its argument address two principal concerns: the way in which syllabic position projects words and colours their complicated and challenged by the relationship of rhythm to metre.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Poetry | European - General
- Literary Criticism | European - General
Dewey: 841.709
LCCN: 86006090
Series: Cambridge Studies in French
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.08" W x 8.76" (1.03 lbs) 228 pages