A Question of Syllables: Essays in Nineteenth-Century French Verse

by Clive Scott

Book Overview

Dr Scott argues that only by attending to the precise locations of words in line or stanza, and to the specific value of syllables, or by understanding the often conflicting demands of rhythm and metre, can the reader of poetry acquire a real grasp of the intimate life of words in verse with all their fluctuations of meaning, mood and tone. The analyses through which the book pursues its argument address two principal concerns: the way in which syllabic...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521021324
• ISBN13: 9780521021326
• Release Date: October 2005
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"