| Meter in Poetry: A New Theory Contributor(s): Fabb, Nigel (Author), Halle, Morris (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521713250 ISBN-13: 9780521713252 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $63.64 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2008 Annotation: The first book to offer a universal linguistic theory of poetic meter. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - Phonetics & Phonology |
| Dewey: 414.6 |
| LCCN: 2008301401 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.9" W x 8.8" (1.10 lbs) 312 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Many of the great works of world literature are composed in metrical verse, that is, in lines which are measured and patterned. Meter in Poetry: A New Theory is the first book to present a single simple account of all known types of metrical verse, which is illustrated with detailed analyses of poems in many languages, including English, Spanish, Italian, French, classical Greek and Latin, Sanskrit, classical Arabic, Chinese, Vietnamese, and Latvian. This outstanding contribution to the study of meter is aimed both at students and scholars of literature and languages, as well as anyone interested in knowing how metrical verse is made. |
Contributor Bio(s): Fabb, Nigel: - Nigel Fabb is Professor of Literary Linguistics in the Department of English Studies at the University of Strathclyde. His recent publications include Sentence Structure Second Edition (2005) and Language and Literary Structure (Cambridge, 2002).Halle, Morris: - Morris Halle is Institute Professor Emeritus in the Department of Linguistics and Philosophy at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His recent publications include The Sound Pattern of English (with N. Chomsky, 1991) and From Memory to Speech and Back (2002). |
