Meter matters : verse cultures of the long nineteenth century

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Label

Meter matters : verse cultures of the long nineteenth century

Title remainder

verse cultures of the long nineteenth century

Statement of responsibility

edited by Jason David Hall

Contributor

• Hall, Jason David, 1975-

Subject

• POETRY -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
• 1800-1899
• Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Electronic book
• Electronic books
• Englisch
• English language -- Rhythm
• English language -- Rhythm
• English language -- Versification
• English language -- Versification
• English poetry -- 19th century -- History and criticism | Theory, etc
• LITERARY CRITICISM -- European | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
• Lyrik
• Metrik

Genre

• Electronic book
• Electronic books
• Criticism, interpretation, etc

Language

eng

Summary

Across the nineteenth century, meter mattered-in more ways and to more people than we might well appreciate today. For the period's poets, metrical matters were a source of inspiration and often vehement debate. And the many readers, teachers, and pupils encountered meter and related topics in both institutional and popular forms. The ten essays in Meter Matters showcase the range of metrical practice of poets from Wordsworth and Byron to Hopkins, Swinburne, and Tennyson; at the same time, the contributors bring into focus some of the metrical theorizing that shaped poetic thinking and resp

Member of

• UPCC book collections on Project MUSE
• Ebook Central Academic Complete

Cataloging source

E7B

Dewey number

821/.809

Index

index present

LC call number

PE1505

LC item number

.M485 2011eb

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• dictionaries
• bibliography