Free Verse : An Essay on Prosody /
Hartman, Charles O.
Free Verse : An Essay on Prosody / Charles O. Hartman. - Course Book - 1 online resource (212 p.) - Princeton Legacy Library ; 708 .
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter One. Some Definitions -- Chapter Two. Accentualism, Isochrony, and the Musical Fallacy -- Chapter Three. Free Verse and Prose -- Chapter Four. Counterpoint -- Chapter Five. The Discovery of Form -- Chapter Six. The Discovery of Meter -- Chapter Seven. Free Verse and Poetry -- Chapter Eight. Some Contemporaries -- Appendix. Full Texts of Three Quoted Poems -- Notes -- List of References -- Index -- Backmatter
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To make sense of free verse" in theory or in practice, the whole study of prosody--the function of rhythm in poetry--must be revised and rethought. Stating this as the issue that poets and critics have faced in the past century, Charles Hartman takes up the challenge and develops a theory of prosody that includes the most characteristic forms of twentieth-century poetry.Originally published in 1981.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9780691610801 9781400855384
10.1515/9781400855384 doi
English language--Versification.
Free verse.
POETRY / General.
PS309.F7 H37 2014
811.009
Free Verse : An Essay on Prosody / Charles O. Hartman. - Course Book - 1 online resource (212 p.) - Princeton Legacy Library ; 708 .
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter One. Some Definitions -- Chapter Two. Accentualism, Isochrony, and the Musical Fallacy -- Chapter Three. Free Verse and Prose -- Chapter Four. Counterpoint -- Chapter Five. The Discovery of Form -- Chapter Six. The Discovery of Meter -- Chapter Seven. Free Verse and Poetry -- Chapter Eight. Some Contemporaries -- Appendix. Full Texts of Three Quoted Poems -- Notes -- List of References -- Index -- Backmatter
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
To make sense of free verse" in theory or in practice, the whole study of prosody--the function of rhythm in poetry--must be revised and rethought. Stating this as the issue that poets and critics have faced in the past century, Charles Hartman takes up the challenge and develops a theory of prosody that includes the most characteristic forms of twentieth-century poetry.Originally published in 1981.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9780691610801 9781400855384
10.1515/9781400855384 doi
English language--Versification.
Free verse.
POETRY / General.
PS309.F7 H37 2014
811.009