The Music of Verse: Metrical Experiment in Nineteenth-Century Poetry

Phelan, Joseph

Through its recovery of the metrical principles underlying the work of some of the century's major poets, this study highlights the intricacy of the relation between the 'music' of verse and its meaning, and helping us to understand the way in which the ferment of metrical experiment eventually led to the emergence of free verse.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2012-01-06

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9780230247468

DOI: 10.1057/9780230359253

Dimensions: 229cm x152cm

Pages: 225