| Poetic Rhythm: Structure and Performance: An Empirical Study in Cognitive Poetics Contributor(s): Tsur, Reuven (Author) |
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ISBN: 3906760006 ISBN-13: 9783906760001 Publisher: Peter Lang Group Ag, International Academic P OUR PRICE: $109.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 1998 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Poetry - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - Phonetics & Phonology - Literary Criticism | Semiotics & Theory |
| Dewey: 808.1 |
| LCCN: 98046672 |
| Physical Information: 378 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book attempts to solve the yet unsolved mystery: what are the intuitive rules of versification followed by poets and readers in writing and reading poetry? It performs a small Copernican Revolution, shifting the constraints from verse structure to the reader's -Rhythmic Competence-. It confers a psychological meaning upon the phrase -rhythmical performance-, that allows us to make predictions concerning the rhythmical performance of a metrically complex line. The theoretical discussions are supported by empirical research, in which readings by leading British actors and colleagues from the academy are submitted to an instrumental investigation." |