Publication

1978 - Greenwood Press, Westport, Conn, Connecticut

Language

English

Word Count

122,250 words, Guess

Page Count

489 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-100313205310
  • ISBN-139780313205316
  • Goodreads1928890
  • LibraryThing1751321
  • Library of Congress Control Number78018005
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Classifications

  • DDC426
  • LCCPE1561 .S3 1978

Description

This scholarly exploration of meter and rhythm begins with ancient Greece and Rome; moving through Old and Middle English; Chaucer; the ornate and plain styles; Edmund Burke; the great novelists of the nineteenth century such as Austen, Dickens, and Thackeray; the lyrical prose of John Ruskin; and more. It is one of the very few full-length studies of prose rhythm.

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Other Editions

  • A history of English prose rhythmGreenwood Press1978
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