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A Question of Syllables: Essays in Nineteenth-Century French Verse
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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A Question of Syllables: Essays in Nineteenth-Century French Verse
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Clive Scott
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| Series | Cambridge Studies in French |
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:228 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 138 |
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| Category/Genre | Literary studies - c 1800 to c 1900
Literary studies - poetry and poets |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780521021326
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| Classifications | Dewey:841.709 |
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| Audience | | Professional & Vocational | |
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| Illustrations |
Worked examples or Exercises
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Cambridge University Press
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| Imprint |
Cambridge University Press
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| Publication Date |
20 October 2005 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
Dr Scott argues that only by attending to the precise locations of words in line or stanza, and to the specific value of syllables, or by understanding the often conflicting demands of rhythm and metre, can the reader of poetry acquire a real grasp of the intimate life of words in verse with all their fluctuations of meaning, mood and tone. The analyses through which the book pursues its argument address two principal concerns: the way in which syllabic position projects words and colours their complicated and challenged by the relationship of rhythm to metre.
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