The Rhythms of English Poetry
The Rhythms of English Poetry

Author: Derek Attridge

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-07-10

Total Pages: 410

ISBN-13: 1317869516

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Examines the way in which poetry in English makes use of rhythm. The author argues that there are three major influences which determine the verse-forms used in any language: the natural rhythm of the spoken language itself; the properties of rhythmic form; and the metrical conventions which have grown up within the literary tradition. He investigates these in order to explain the forms of English verse, and to show how rhythm and metre work as an essential part of the reader's experience of poetry.

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Publisher: Arihant Publications India limited

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Total Pages: 889

ISBN-13: 9326192512

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The Cambridge History of English Poetry
The Cambridge History of English Poetry

Author: Michael O'Neill

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2010-04-29

Total Pages: 1117

ISBN-13: 1316184412

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Poetry written in English is uniquely powerful and suggestive in its capacity to surprise, unsettle, shock, console, and move. The Cambridge History of English Poetry offers sparklingly fresh and dynamic readings of an extraordinary range of poets and poems from Beowulf to Alice Oswald. An international team of experts explores how poets in England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland use language and to what effect, examining questions of form, tone, and voice; they comment, too, on how formal choices are inflected by the poet's time and place. The Cambridge History of English Poetry is the most comprehensive and authoritative history of the field from early medieval times to the present. It traces patterns of continuity, transformation, transition, and development. Covering a remarkable array of poets and poems, and featuring an extensive bibliography, the scope and depth of this major work of reference make it required reading for anyone interested in poetry.

English Poetry of the Sixteenth Century
English Poetry of the Sixteenth Century

Author: Gary F. Waller

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-07-15

Total Pages: 319

ISBN-13: 1317895576

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Explores the poetry of the Renaissance, from Dunbar in the late 15th century to the Songs and Sonnets of John Donne in the early 17th. The book offers more than the wealth of literature discussed: it is a pioneering work in its own right, bringing the insights of contemporary literary and cultural theory to an overview of the period.