A history of English prose rhythm
1st ed.
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Author
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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- Open LibraryOL4729923M
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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