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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 tw



Table of Contents
*FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. v*Acknowledgments, pg. vii*Preface, pg. ix*Introduction, pg. 1*Chapter One. Some Definitions, pg. 10*Chapter Two. Accentualism, Isochrony, and the Musical Fallacy, pg. 29*Chapter Three. Free Verse and Prose, pg. 45*Chapter Four. Counterpoint, pg. 61*Chapter Five. The Discovery of Form, pg. 81*Chapter Six. The Discovery of Meter, pg. 106*Chapter Seven. Free Verse and Poetry, pg. 130*Chapter Eight. Some Contemporaries, pg. 144*Appendix. Full Texts of Three Quoted Poems, pg. 173*Notes, pg. 179*List of References, pg. 187*Index, pg. 195

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      Publisher: Princeton University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 14/07/2014
      ISBN13: 9780691610801, 978-0691610801
      ISBN10: 0691610800

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      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 tw



      Table of Contents
      *FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. v*Acknowledgments, pg. vii*Preface, pg. ix*Introduction, pg. 1*Chapter One. Some Definitions, pg. 10*Chapter Two. Accentualism, Isochrony, and the Musical Fallacy, pg. 29*Chapter Three. Free Verse and Prose, pg. 45*Chapter Four. Counterpoint, pg. 61*Chapter Five. The Discovery of Form, pg. 81*Chapter Six. The Discovery of Meter, pg. 106*Chapter Seven. Free Verse and Poetry, pg. 130*Chapter Eight. Some Contemporaries, pg. 144*Appendix. Full Texts of Three Quoted Poems, pg. 173*Notes, pg. 179*List of References, pg. 187*Index, pg. 195

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