A question of syllables: essays in nineteenth-century French verse

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 the...

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Main Author: Scott, Clive 1943- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 1986
Series:Cambridge studies in French 14
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Summary: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
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Physical Description:1 online resource (xii, 215 pages)
ISBN:9780511519574
DOI:10.1017/CBO9780511519574

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