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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791694103321

Autore

Dane Joseph A

Titolo

The long and the short of it [[electronic resource] ] : a practical guide to European versification systems / / Joseph A. Dane

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Notre Dame, Ind., : University of Notre Dame Press, c2010

ISBN

0-268-15832-0

0-268-07768-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (143 p.)

Disciplina

808.1094

Soggetti

Versification

English language - Versification

Latin language - Versification

French language - Versification

Poetics - Study and teaching

English poetry - Study and teaching

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Basic principles -- Quantitative verse: classical Latin -- Syllabic verse: French -- Accentual verse: Old English -- The power of music -- Implications for the study of English verse: four studies.