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Author Keppel-Jones, David, 1938-

Title The strict metrical tradition [electronic resource] : variations in the literary iambic pentameter from Sidney and Spenser to Matthew Arnold / David Keppel-Jones.

Imprint Montreal ; Ithaca : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2001.

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Description xi, 280 p. : ill.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-274) and index.
Contents Machine generated contents note: PART ONE -- Introduction to Part One 31 -- 1 The Unvaried Line 35 -- 2 Extra Syllables 39 -- 3 The Choriamb 56 -- 4 The Minor Ionic 73 -- 5 The Second Epitrite 93 -- 6 Review of Radical Variations 104 -- 7 Variations Based on the Spondee 11c -- 8 Variations Based on the Pyrrhic 131 -- 9 Combinations 147 -- Conclusion to Part One 154 -- PART TWO -- Introduction to Part Two 167 -- 10 The Renaissance 171 -- 11 The Interregnum and the Restoration 184 -- 12 The Eighteenth Century 192 -- 13 The Romantics 197 -- 14 The Victorians 206 -- Conclusion 216 -- Appendix: -- The Placement of Variations and the Caesura 233 -- Notes 239 -- Bibliography 269 -- Index 275.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Iambic pentameter.
English language -- Versification.
English poetry -- History and criticism.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 0773521615

 
    
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