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The rise and fall of meter : poetry and English national culture, 1860--1930 /
Why do we often teach English poetic meter by the Greek terms iamb and trochee? How is our understanding of English meter influenced by the history of England's sense of itself in the nineteenth century? Not an old-fashioned approach to poetry, but a dynamic, contested, and inherently nontradit...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton :
Princeton University Press,
2012.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Why do we often teach English poetic meter by the Greek terms iamb and trochee? How is our understanding of English meter influenced by the history of England's sense of itself in the nineteenth century? Not an old-fashioned approach to poetry, but a dynamic, contested, and inherently nontraditional field, "English meter" concerned issues of personal and national identity, class, education, patriotism, militarism, and the development of English literature as a discipline. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (287 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781400842193 1400842190 069115273X 9780691152738 0691155070 9780691155074 0691155127 9780691155128 9786613457066 661345706X |