Meter and modernity in English verse, 1350-1650

Meter and modernity in English verse, 1350-1650 /

Eric Weiskott examines the uses and misuses of three metrical forms as markers of literary periodization: alliterative meter, tetrameter, and pentameter. Rejecting the traditional division between medieval and modern, Weiskott's analysis of metrical history renegotiates the trajectories of Engl...

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Main Author: Weiskott, Eric (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2021
Subjects:
English language > Versification.
English poetry > Middle English, 1100-1500 > History and criticism.
English poetry > Early modern, 1500-1700 > History and criticism.
Poetics > History.
English literature > Periodization.
Literary criticism.
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