A new history of English metre /

A new history of English metre /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Duffell, Martin J., 1937-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London : Legenda, 2008.
Series:Studies in linguistics (Oxford, England) ; 5.
Subjects:
English language > Versification.
Table of Contents:
  • Linguistic metrics
  • Comparative metrics
  • English historical metrics : the Germanic inheritance
  • Versifying in bilingual England
  • Versifying in late medieval Scotland and England
  • The emergence of English metrical canons
  • Consolidating and refining the canons
  • Completing the spectrum of English metres
  • The advent of free verse
  • Versifying in English in the twentieth century.