Ebook: Free Verse : an Essay on Prosody
Author: Hartman Charles O
- Tags: English language -- Versification. Free verse. American poetry -- History and criticism -- Theory etc. Eliot T.S. (Thomas Stearns) 1888-1965 -- Technique. English language -- 20th century -- Versification. Free verse -- History and criticism -- Theory etc. Poetics. Williams William Carlos 1883-1963 -- Technique. LITERARY CRITICISM --
- Series: Princeton legacy library
- Year: 2014
- Publisher: Princeton University Press
- City: Princeton
- Language: English
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To make sense of free verse"" in theory or in practice, the whole study of prosody--the function of rhythm in poetry--must be revised and rethought. Stating this as the issue that poets and critics have faced in the past century, Charles Hartman takes up the challenge and develops a theory of prosody that includes the most characteristic forms of twentieth-century poetry Originally published in 1986. The Princeton Read more...
Abstract: To make sense of free verse"" in theory or in practice, the whole study of prosody--the function of rhythm in poetry--must be revised and rethought. Stating this as the issue that poets and critics have faced in the past century, Charles Hartman takes up the challenge and develops a theory of prosody that includes the most characteristic forms of twentieth-century poetry Originally published in 1986. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton Uni