Well-Weighed Syllables: Elizabethan Verse in Classical Metres

by Derek Attridge

Book Overview

Examines Sidney's statement that quantitative verse on the Latin model is more suitable than the accentual verse of the English tradition during the Renaissance.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521297222
• ISBN13: 9780521297226
• Release Date: January 1980
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 268 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"