Hearing the Measures: Shakespearean and Other Inflections

by George Thaddeus Wright

An eminent scholar's guide to hearing poets' work

When we listen to the words of a poet in the theater, or read them silently on the page, what is it that we hear? How do such crafty writers as Shakespeare or Donne, Wyatt or Yeats, Wordsworth or Lowell arrange their rhythms to make their poetry more expressive? A gathering of perceptive essays written over twenty-five years, this book by a distinguished scholar and poet helps us hear...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0299171906
• ISBN13: 9780299171902
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"