A history of European versification / M.L. Gasparov ; translated by G.S. Smith and Marina Tarlinskaj...
A history of European versification / M.L. Gasparov ; translated by G.S. Smith and Marina Tarlinskaj...
A history of European versification / M.L. Gasparov ; translated by G.S. Smith and Marina Tarlinskaja ; edited by G.S. Smith with Leofranc Holford-Strevens.
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Oxford : Clarendon Press ; Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1996.
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Date
1996.
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N809.1094/1
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English
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xvi, 334 p. ; 22 cm.
Contents
The Historical Development of European Verse -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Slavonic and Baltic Folk Syllabic and Tonic Verse -- 3. Germanic Tonic Verse -- 4. Ancient Greek Syllabo-Metrical Verse -- 5. Greek and Latin Quantitative Metre -- 6. Greek and Latin Medieval Syllabic Verse -- 7. Romance Syllabic...
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Oxford : Clarendon Press ; Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1996.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
1996.
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Summary
When we read a poem composed in blank iambic pentameter, it reminds us of Shakespeare. When we read a poem composed in long lines without rhyme or rhythm, we think of Whitman. In this ground-breaking study of the history of European versification, M. L. Gasparov shows how such chains of association link the poetry of numerous languages and diverse...
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A history of European versification / M.L. Gasparov ; translated by G.S. Smith and Marina Tarlinskaja ; edited by G.S. Smith with Leofranc Holford-Strevens.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [314]-323) and indexes.
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N809.1094/1
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74VMbo53gDGO
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ISBN
0198158793 (acid-free paper)
9780198158790 (acid-free paper)
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809.1094
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991000864009702626
