A Question of Syllables
Subtitle: Essays in Nineteenth-Century French Verse (Cambridge Studies in French)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: October 20, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 227
ISBN-13: 9780521021326
Subjects: Poetry & poets: 19th century; Literary Criticism; French language; Poetry; French; History and criticism; Europe; Continental European; European - General; French poetry--19th century--History and crit; French poetry--19th century--History and criticism; Literary Collections / Continental European; Literary Criticism-European - General; Poetry / Single Author / Continental European; 19th century; French poetry; Versification
First sentence: Most thematic treatments of Lamartine's verse have found beneath the intricate tissue of commonplace and allusion a real enough existential drama.