A new history of English metre
By: Martin J. Duffell.
Series: Studies in linguistics -- 5
Publisher: Legenda
Published: 2008
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 292
ISBN-13: 9781905981915
Subjects: English language -- Versification; English language -- History -- 20th century
Other titles: New history of English meter
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-274) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Linguistic metrics; title: Comparative metrics; title: English historical metrics : the Germanic inheritance; title: Versifying in bilingual England; title: Versifying in late medieval Scotland and England; title: The emergence of English metrical canons; title: Consolidating and refining the canons; title: Completing the spectrum of English metres; title: The advent of free verse; title: Versifying in English in the twentieth century.