Nineteenth-Century Verse and Technology: Machines of Meter

by Jason David Hall

This book repositions thinking about rhythm, meter and versification during the "Mechanical Age." Cutting across disciplinary boundaries, the book examines the rhythmical workings of poems alongside not only Victorian theories of prosody and poetics but also contemporary thinking about labor practices, pedagogical procedures, scientific experiments, and technological innovations. By offering an exploded definition of meter--one that extends...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319851683
• ISBN13: 9783319851686
• Release Date: August 2018
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 288 Pages