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OverviewThough many recent poets insist on their poetry s musical qualities, few offer linguistically satisfying explanations of that music. This book helps to fill that gap. It is a linguistically based study of rythmic structures, and of the nature of rhythm, in the free verse of T.S. Eliot, Robert Lowell, and James Wright. It was written for accessibility to readers who, although not necessarily specialists in linguistic poetics, have some knowledge of language and poetry. The book begins with an examination of rhythm in language as a whole, and of rhythm as a basic mental structure. This discussion touches on concepts from metrical phonology, acoustic phonetics, Russian Formalist and New Critical ideas of rhythm and meter, and music theory. It then analyzes what the author (borrowing a phrase from Gerard Manley Hopkins) calls rhythmic figures of sound, syntax, line structure, and intonation in the poetry of Eliot, Lowell, and Wright. Full Product DetailsAuthor: G. Burns CooperPublisher: Stanford University Press Imprint: Stanford University Press Dimensions: Width: 12.70cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 20.30cm Weight: 0.476kg ISBN: 9780804729383ISBN 10: 0804729387 Pages: 256 Publication Date: 01 August 1998 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. What is rhythm (who's asking?) 2. Eliot's Four Quartets: a transitional case 3. Particles and atoms of free verse: lower-level figures of sound 4. Molecules and crystals of free verse: lines and phrases 5. The literal music of poetry: intonational tunes Conclusion and speculation Notes Glossary Bibiography Index.ReviewsAuthor InformationG. Burns Cooper is Associate Professor of English at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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